Not Signed In - 'Sticky' Proteins Fuse Adult Stem Cells To Cardiac Muscle, Repairing Hearts
Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 AM EST
... Cardiologists are increasingly using adult stem cells in clinical trials to repair hearts following heart attacks, but no one has understood how the therapy actually works. Now, in animal experiments, researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have deconstructed the process, describing how the stem cells fuse with heart muscle cells to create new cells that repopulate the ailing organ. ...
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