Human cardiac master stem cells identified
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 12:28
in Biology & Nature
Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified the earliest master human heart stem cell from human embryonic stem cells - ISL1+ progenitors - that give rise to a family of cells that form the essential portions of the human heart.read more
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