Mending a broken heart? Non-beating human cells transformed into heart-muscle cells
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
In the aftermath of a heart attack, cells within the region most affected shut down. They stop beating. And they become entombed in scar tissue. But now, scientists have demonstrated that this damage need not be permanent -- by finding a way to transform the class of cells that form human scar tissue into those that closely resemble beating heart cells.