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UNSW PhD candidate Hossein Tavassoli is exploring ways to repair damaged hearts using nanotechnology.

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Baby rats whose mothers were fed a high-fat diet had larger than normal hearts with fewer taste receptors for bitter flavours, according to new UNSW research.

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A UNSW researcher has discovered that heart muscle cells retain the ability to replicate well into preadolescence, overturning more than a century of scientific theory.

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Death rates are greater if a patient is admitted to hospital via the Emergency Department over the weekend than during the working week, UNSW research finds.

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Sydney jazz musicians are using the sound and images of the human heart as part of their musical performance for National Science Week.

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A unique collaboration between a heart specialist, brain scientist and choreographer will result in a pioneering performance at UNSW this week.