Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The photograph was genuine and showed a so-called "ghost heart" — that is, what scientists call hearts without cells used for ...

The first time molecular biologist Doris Taylor saw heart stem cells beat in unison in a petri dish, she was spellbound. “It actually changed my life,” said Taylor, who directed regenerative medicine ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that 17.9 million people lose their lives to it each year, accounting for 32% of global deaths. Doris ...

A “ghost heart” grown with scaffolding from a pig’s organ and human cells may soon be used in human transplants, experts say. A molecular biologist said that after seeing heart cells beat in unison in ...

"We took a pig's heart, and we washed out all the cells with a gentle baby shampoo," she said. "What was left was an extracellular matrix, a transparent framework we called the 'ghost heart.' "Then we ...