Decellularized mouse heart beats again after regenerating with human heart precursor cells

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 11:30 in Biology & Nature

For the first time, a mouse heart beat again after its own cells were stripped and replaced with human heart precursor cells. The findings show the promise that regenerating a functional organ by placing human induced pluripotent stem cells -- which could be personalized for the recipient -- in a three-dimensional scaffold could have for transplantation and understanding heart development.

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