Scientists have created a three-dimensional "heart-on-a-chip" (HOC) that could provide a breakthrough in the fight against the world's leading cause of death, cardiovascular disease. One major ...

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 ...

Canadian researchers have developed a beating three-dimensional heart-on-a-chip with real-time cellular sensing, offering a ...

When medication stops working for people with congestive heart failure there are few options. A few months ago, Joe Knox couldn't take a simple walk due to his congestive heart failure. "I couldn't ...