Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago were able to control heart muscle function in a new way after discovering the previously unknown role of two enzymes in ...

Energy drinks may cause serious increases in heart contraction rates within an hour of drinking the beverage, according to new research presented at a medical conference Monday. The authors are ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have developed a polymeric biohybrid cardiac device that harnesses the ...

Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathies (HCM) are heart diseases caused by mutations expressed in myosins, proteins responsible for heart contraction, which can lead to heart failure over the long term ...

Researchers were able to control heart muscle function in a new way after discovering the previously unknown role of two enzymes in heart muscle contraction. Although in the early stages, the research ...

This is your heart on an energy drink, and it’s contracting significantly faster than it was before you opened that can full of liquid stimulant. So says a team of cardiac radiologists who were ...

The structure of potassium ion channels that regulate contractions in the heart has been illuminated by research. For years, scientists have debated how many KCNE1 proteins are required to build a ...

Most muscles in our bodies only act in response to incoming nerve signals, which have to trigger each individual muscle cell to contract or relax. But heart muscle is different. The impulses that ...

Calcium is the essential "on switch" for muscle contractions and a critical partner in maintaining hydration during hard ...