Former First Lady Michelle Obama called “Dreamers,” referring to undocumented immigrants, “the beating heart” of America.

For the first time ever, surgeons at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) successfully performed a heart transplant in which the donor organ never stopped beating. This revolutionary procedure ...

A medical team at National Taiwan University Hospital reports that they’ve completed the first beating heart transplant—a procedure in which a donor heart experiences no reduced blood flow during ...

You may have heard the phrase "my heart skipped a beat" when someone was talking about a romantic encounter. In truth, hearts that beat irregularly are dangerous for your health. Atrial fibrillation ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Ferndale's Ken Miller is now the recipient of the first beating heart transplant in Michigan history. Not only that, he's now one of the few people ...

Ischemic heart disease affects more than 18 million Americans, making it the leading cause of death nationwide. This condition occurs when coronary arteries become narrowed or blocked, restricting ...

Following the death of Frédéric Chopin in Paris in 1849, and in accordance with the composer’s wishes, his heart was removed and sealed in a jar of cognac. A few months later, fulfilling his precise ...

Combining a biological heart and a silicone robotic pump, researchers created a biorobotic heart that beats like a real one, with a focus on a valve on the left side of the heart. The heart valve ...

The pink, white and red blob of tissue quivers in a vat of clear goop about the size of a kitchen sink. Graduate students whiz around this slimy beating heart and crawl under the tubes connected to ...

A cross-department collaboration headed by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard University has witnessed the moment at which cells in the zebrafish embryo heart start beating in unison ...

Researchers discover that heart cells in developing zebrafish start beating suddenly and all at once Becoming a full-fledged organism out of a handful of cells, complete with functioning tissues and ...