In "remarkable" work, a patch of engineered heart muscle cells was used to strengthen a patient's heart before transplant.

News of patches made of stem cells to repair hearts is a promising development in cardiac diseases. But, how impactful is the ...

Following successful tests on rats and rhesus monkeys, the researchers studied their approach on a 46-year-old woman with ...

A new biological patch, designed from heart cells grown in the laboratory, could bring a glimmer of hope in the treatment of ...

Back in 2021, a 46-year-old woman with severe heart failure was given a lab-made patch made up of 800 million cells derived ...

Results from rhesus macaques provide solid ground for a first-in-human investigation of heart repair with stem cell-derived ...

Innovative muscle patches derived from stem cells demonstrate efficacy in heart repair, improving function in primates and a ...

During the surgery, the woman's heart was implanted with tiny patches of heart muscle cells, which had been grown from stem ...

STEM cell patches can fix heart failure by regenerating the muscle, tests show. The treatment was found to increase the ...

Grafting patches of lab-grown muscle to the surface of the heart could offer a lifeline for people waiting for a transplant.

Patches of beating, lab-grown muscle sewn into failing hearts can keep patients alive for years while they wait for a ...