Newly discovered heart stem cells make muscle and bone
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 13:02
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have identified a new and relatively abundant pool of stem cells in the heart. The findings in the December issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, show that these heart cells have the capacity for long-term expansion and can form a variety of cell types, including muscle, bone, neural and heart cells.
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