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Growing beating cardiac tissue from stem cells: New model for early heart development
Growing beating cardiac tissue from stem cells: New model for early heart development
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Researchers have developed a template for growing beating cardiac tissue from stem cells, creating a system that could serve as a model for early heart development and as a drug-screening tool to make pregnancies safer. Scientists have mimicked human tissue formation by starting with stem cells genetically reprogrammed from adult skin tissue to form small chambers with beating human heart cells.