Novel 'patch' to mend broken hearts

Source: Sify News

Pittsburgh : PA : USA | about 1 month ago

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With the help of mouse embryonic stem cells, scientists designed a three-dimensional "patch" made up of heart muscle cells, known as cardiomyocytes. The new tissue exhibited the two most important attributes of heart muscle cells-the ability to contract and to conduct electrical impulses.

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