The 51-year-old University of Cape Town researcher had been suffering from depression, and his death has prompted reflection on being a black academic in South Africa.

A mouse study adds to the growing body of work disputing the ability of progenitor cells to regenerate muscle tissue in adult mammals’ hearts.

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Fellow faculty members aren’t happy about it.

The extracellular matrix appears to inhibit regeneration; but scientists debate whether heart muscle really comes back.  

Scientists correct a mutation in fertilized eggs that causes a severe cardiac disease.

A cardiovascular surgeon’s research was rejected for publication because it referenced evolutionary theory, Turkish outlets report, while the university at the center of the tumult claims the story is false. 

Injecting photosynthetic microbes into oxygen-starved heart tissue can improve cardiac function in rodents.