Genetic basis of cardiac, craniofacial birth defects identified
Monday, October 29, 2012 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have made important advances in the rapidly-expanding field of “regenerative medicine,” outlining for the first time connections in genetic regulation that normally prevent birth defects in heart and facial muscles. This basic research will provide a road map to ultimately allow scientists to grow the cell types needed to repair such defects, from stem cells that can be generated from a person’s own body.