Not Signed In - Heart valve grown from amniotic stem cells
Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:11 PM EST
... CHICAGO (Reuters Health) - Stem cells extracted from amniotic fluid can be induced to grow on a polymer scaffold into a fully functional human heart valve that will open and close like a native valve, Swiss researchers report. The process may eventually find application in infants with damaged heart valves. ...
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