Cardiovascular

Douglas L. Mann, Lewin Professor and Chief, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University

A heart-hugging cardiac sleeve could help restore heart function

How to mend a broken heart? The latest biomaterials for cardiac regenerative medicine.

iPSCs could protect patients by predicting drug-induced cardiotoxicity

UV radiation can control cardiomyocyte function – with intriguing therapeutic possibilities

A partially recellularized human whole-heart cardiac scaffold

Understanding how blood vessels calcify could help prevent cardiovascular disease

A decade after Shinya Yamanaka brought us induced pluripotent stem cells, our ability to generate an endless supply of human heart cells is being put to good use in research and development.

Researchers dive through genetic “junk” to discover a small protein with lots of heart

From hardcore peptide biochemist to translational scientist, it’s been an unconventional journey for Jennifer Van Eyk, Director of the Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.