Researchers have developed a promising synthetic heart valve that may eventually be used for growing children. Harvard’s Wass Institute and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied ...

The chambers of the heart operate as a ‘double-pump’ system for the body’s circulation. In coordination with valves, the chambers work to keep blood flowing in the proper sequence.

Mitral valve disease can prevent blood from flowing properly out of your heart to the rest of the body. ... pig, or human cadaver. The takeaway.

Human skin cells have been reprogrammed into heart valve cells and then used to successfully transplant a pig heart valve into a rodent, led by the research of a Northeastern University professor.

"The aim of the concept we've developed is to produce a living valve in the body, ... 3D-printed device enables precise modeling of complex human tissues in the lab. May 24, 2025.

The human body has sophisticated defenses against the deposition of calcium minerals that stiffen heart tissues, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborators at ...