Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Although effective preventive treatments ...

"And if we know the development pathways of these important arteries, then we can perhaps regrow them by reintroducing these pathways in a diseased heart." Several coronary arteries deliver blood ...

A study from Stanford researchers identifies the CXCL12 gene as a crucial regulator of the posterior descending artery’s development in the human heart. The findings, which link this gene to heart ...