Human stem cells from fat tissue fuse with rat heart cells and beat

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 14:40 in Biology & Nature

If Dr Doolittle is famous for talking to animals, then here's a story that might make him hold his tongue: According to new research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org), scientists have successfully fused human stem cells derived from subcutaneous adipose (fat) tissue with muscle cells from rat hearts. Not only did these cells 'talk' to form new muscle cells altogether, but they actually beat...

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