In developing hearts, cells shuffle around, bumping into each other to find their place, and the stakes are high: pairing ...

Tragically, authorities believe that Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa died first, probably on or around Feb. 11, of Hantavirus ...

So we designed a device that transforms light into bioelectricity, or heart cell-generated electrical signals. Thinner than a ...

In humans, the heart’s sinoatrial node (SAN), acts as the body’s pacemaker. A new study, published Wednesday (July 26) in Science Translational Medicine, reports two backup mechanisms that may prevent ...

They spontaneously beat out a rhythm, sending synchronized signals through your heart, which speed up or slow down according to what your body's doing. And these pacemaker cells will stay with you ...

This Valentine’s Day, as we exchange stylised hearts in celebration of love, we might pause to remember that the power of the heart has been a symbol of life, death and everything in between for ...

An initial interrogation was conducted of Mr. Hackman’s pacemaker. This revealed that his last known event was recorded on ...

Safety Mode has limited functionality and is associated with the pacemaker being unable to properly regulate the heart's rhythm and rate in some patients. Devices that enter Safety Mode must be ...

Often, heart block is treated with a pacemaker, which regulates the heart's rhythm. Such devices are rare in children. Only about 1 in 20,000 babies are born with heart block, and of those ...

This enables the ventricles to contract together. Sometimes, the rhythm of the heart's natural pacemaker process becomes disrupted - a person's heart beats abnormally. It can be abnormally slow or ...