Biochemistry
Apr 13, 2020
Foxglove plants produce heart medicine. Can science do it better?
Foxglove plants, found in many gardens, are known for the showers of bell-shaped flowers they produce.
Search results for cardiac engineering
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 20, 2013
What composes the human heart? Researchers crunch the numbers
A foundational study published in the journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) this week by researchers at the University of Toronto's Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) and the ...
Bio & Medicine
May 3, 2023
Engineers develop electroconductive hydrogel for biomedical applications
Synthetic hydrogels show great promise in tissue repair, drug delivery, medical implants and many other applications. Hydrogels functionalized with electrically conductive components can be used in bioelectronic devices for ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 17, 2012
Re-engineered optogenetic switches allow direct measurement of complex cellular systems
A Harvard University chemical biology lab has re-engineered optogenetic switches, photosensitive proteins called rhodopsins inserted into mammalian cells to control electrical firing, so that the switches run backward, firing ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 30, 2020
Heart attack on a chip: Scientists model conditions of ischemia on a microfluidic device
Researchers led by biomedical engineers at Tufts University invented a microfluidic chip containing cardiac cells that is capable of mimicking hypoxic conditions following a heart attack—specifically when an artery is blocked ...
Engineering
Jan 22, 2009
New stretchable electrodes created to study stresses on cardiac cells
Engineers at Purdue and Stanford universities have created stretchable electrodes to study how cardiac muscle cells, neurons and other cells react to mechanical stresses from heart attacks, traumatic brain injuries and other ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 17, 2015
Voltage tester for beating cardiac cells
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in recording the current in membrane channels of contracting cardiac cells. To do this, the scientists combined an atomic force microscope with a widely used method for measuring ...
Mathematics
Apr 10, 2013
Computational simulations can help understand and treat cardiac rhythm disorders
Computational models of the human heart can be very useful in studying not just the basic mechanisms of heart function, but also to analyze the heart in a diseased state, and come up with methods for diagnosis and therapy.
Biotechnology
Jul 4, 2023
Chimpanzee heart check via digital camera may help curb cardiovascular disease
A world-first experiment to measure chimpanzee heart rates via a digital camera could help curb cardiovascular disease in great apes in captivity and provide valuable insights into how their brain develops from an early age.
Analytical Chemistry
May 12, 2017
Lab unveils 'heart-on-a-chip'
Prescription drugs have enabled millions of Americans with chronic medical conditions to live longer and more fulfilling lives, but many promising new drugs never make it to the human trials stage due to the potential for ...
