Our hearts are primarily controlled by the brain and autonomic nervous system, but we also have a backup. The heart has its own mini-brain called the intracardiac nervous system (ICN), which fine ...

Tools for cardiac physiological mapping are indispensable for the clinical identification and mechanistic understanding of excitation–contraction coupling, metabolic dysfunction, arrhythmia and other ...

Surgeons will soon have a powerful new tool for planning and practice with the creation of the first full-sized 3D bioprinted model of the human heart. Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adam ...

Scientists at Tel Aviv University (TAU) announced the world’s first 3D-printed small-scale heart, complete with blood vessels, ventricles, and chambers — a massive step forward for the field of ...

Researchers have published a new 3D bioprinting method that brings the field of tissue engineering one step closer to being able to 3D print a full-sized, adult human heart. A team of researchers from ...

Researchers have 3D-printed hearts using silicone and even a patient's own cells, but they haven't matched the full functionality of the real thing and aren't much good for repairing hearts. There's ...

What do researchers do after they 3D-print a heart with human tissue and vessels, in a development described as a “major medical breakthrough” that advances possibilities for transplants? Do they pop ...

Researchers have 3D-printed a heart using a patient’s cells, providing hope that the technique could be used to heal hearts or engineer new ones for transplants. “This is the first time anyone ...

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