Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Leiden-based biotech company Ncardia have joined forces to ...

Study shows that cardiac spheroids, derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, can be easily transported and injected into damaged areas of the heart to promote its regeneration and recovery ...

Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Leiden-based biotech company Ncardia have joined forces to develop a new platform ...

For over a decade, scientists have been growing organoids - small clusters of cells that mimic a particular organ - to serve as miniature biological models. Organoids of the brain have been used to ...

Hierarchical structure of muscle and activation of thin filaments. In both skeletal and cardiac muscles under a relaxed state, a low intracellular calcium ion concentration is maintained and the ...

Aisha Al-Janabi, our Assistant Editor, explores recent cardiovascular disease research, including developing heart organoids with vascular cells, launching cardiac chips to the International Space ...