In this image taken during a late embryonic stage of a mouse heart, the developing coronary arteries have been stained turquoise using antibodies. The tissue was made transparent using tissue clearing ...

University of Houston Associate Professor of Pharmacology Mingfu Wu has been awarded $2.6 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to further his research on how the heart forms in ...

New hope offered by a pharmacy team for treating heart disease by sharing insights into the fundamental process of how the heart is formed in utero. From his lab at the University of Houston College ...

Researchers have developed a new software tool that provides unprecedented capabilities to see inside 3D images. Its ...

Researchers have developed a new software tool that provides unprecedented capabilities to see inside 3D images. Its interactive, dynamic cutaway views allowed them to analyze never-before-seen ...

When does your baby develop a heartbeat? A baby's heartbeat (at this point a fluttering of cells) starts as early as to 4 weeks after conception or 6 weeks after the first day of the last menstrual ...

New research suggests that regular aerobic exercise doesn’t just benefit the heart muscle, but subtly rewires the nerves that control how the heart works. Regular physical activity does more than ...

The heart listens to nerve signals as it ages. New findings show how the vagus nerve may help protect heart muscle over time.

Diabetes doesn’t just coexist with heart disease - it actively reshapes the heart’s machinery and the way it makes energy.