Australian researchers have uncovered a crucial new mechanism that helps explain how the heart's major blood vessels form during early development, and how disruptions to this process can lead to ...

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 ...

Human heart development is largely influenced by neural crest cells, which carefully regulate a key growth signal.

Heart disease often develops quietly over many years before serious symptoms appear. By the time a person feels chest pain, shortness of breath, or fatigue, damage may already be widespread.

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 ...

Scientists have identified a key reason why more than half of people with chronic kidney disease eventually die from heart-related conditions. New evidence shows that damaged kidneys release a ...