The distinction between heart disease and heart failure is that in heart disease the heart is still able to effectively pump blood and nutrients to the end organs. (k9magazine.com)
The affected stem cells may even exacerbate damage to the already diseased heart muscle.» (sciencedaily.com)
Researchers previously made a chip model of diseased heart cells in order to study new treatments, and in a similar vein, last year a team at the Wyss Institute at Harvard modeled lung airways exhibiting COPD and asthma. (newatlas.com)