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 ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a virtual 3D heart, digitally showcasing the heart's unique network of neurons for the first time. Using the rat heart as a model, the ...

Dr. SchwaberThomas Jefferson UniversityNews-Medical spoke to Dr. Vadigepalli and Dr. Schwaber about their groundbreaking research in which they managed to map the neurons in the heart. We have been ...

Dr. Redmond P. Burke, chief of cardiovascular surgery at Miami Children’s Hospital, holds a 3D-printed heart model. The program is the first in the region to use 3D printing technology to create a ...

An interdisciplinary research team establishes a new technological pipeline to build a 3D map of the neurons in the heart, revealing foundational insight into their role in heart attacks and other ...

A transparent cup containing what Israeli scientists say is the world's first 3D-printed, vascularized engineered heart, is seen during a demonstration in Tel Aviv. XINHUA JERUSALEM - Tel Aviv ...

We've moved one step closer to a future where doctors can simply whip up replacement organs made from your own cells, with Israeli researchers announcing they have just 3D-printed an entire heart ...

Heart failure is a major health problem in developed countries and a growing one in developing countries. Cardiac remodeling in heart failure affects myocardial mechanics, which requires comprehensive ...

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 ...