When a zebrafish heart is damaged, ... “The next step is to test whether the protein also works on human heart muscle cells in culture. We are collaborating with UMC Utrecht for this, ...

Zebrafish have a thin layer of tissue that covers the heart called the epicardium which allows them to regrow damaged cardiac tissue. New research has shown that the epicardium is able to heal not ...

Zebrafish heart 60 days after injury showing the structure of the heart muscle cells have completely regenerated. [Phong Nguyen, copyright Hubrecht Institute.] Researchers from the group of Jeroen ...

An MDC research team led by Jan Philipp Junker and Daniela Panáková has found that zebrafish can regenerate heart tissue after injury. Connective tissue cells play an important role in the ...

The heart’s “mini-brain” is independent and highly localized, according to researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. The findings could lead to new research into ...

The human heart beats 60-100 times a minute, without you needing to pay any attention to it. Heart function is controlled by the brain’s autonomic nervous system (the parasympathetic and ...

Heart defects are the most common congenital defect, yet scientists still struggle to understand why they occur. A new study from the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine investigates a ...

This video initially shows the heartbeat of a 5-day-old zebrafish larva in real time. The video then shows the heartbeat in slow motion. The muscular walls of the heart, which are faint red, surround ...

The research team identified a protein that enables heart repair in zebrafish. “We compared the zebrafish heart to the mouse heart, which, like the human heart ... “The next step is to test whether ...

Researchers from the Bakkers group at the Hubrecht Institute have successfully repaired damaged mouse hearts using a protein from zebrafish. They discovered that the protein Hmga1 plays a key role in ...