The formation of the heart depends on critical signals exchanged between its two main layers: the myocardium (the muscle that powers the heartbeat) and the endocardium (the inner lining of the heart).

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From his lab at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy Drug Discovery Institute, Mingfu Wu, associate professor, is offering new hope for ...

Human mutations in Notch signalling components have been implicated in several forms of congenital cardiovascular disease, including cardiac outflow tract defects (jagged 1, notch 2), aortic valve ...