Stem-like progenitor cell that exclusively forms heart muscle

Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 17:00 in Health & Medicine

Future therapies for failing hearts are likely to include stem-like cells and associated growth factors that regenerate heart muscle. Scientists have just taken an important step towards that future by identifying a stem-like “progenitor” cell that produces only heart muscle cells.

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