It was 1929, and Forssmann, just 25 years old, dared to ask a question that seemed absurd to his superiors: Could doctors ...

which meant doing optogenetics on the brain and heart simultaneously. “It was a pretty remarkable experiment,” says Deisseroth. Using optogenetics, the researchers turned off cells in the posterior ...

Of 200 people subjected to these experiments, 80 died outright and the ... the doctors measured changes in the patients' heart rate, body temperature, muscle reflexes, and other factors.

In this week's Degree of Science, WSFA are talking with a sleep researcher about how the amount and quality of sleep impacts your heart health.

The fish swim bladder is an organ that aids fish in floating in water and is composed of collagen, glycosaminoglycans, and elastin, closely resembling parts of the human heart. Experiments ...