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Advance made in growing heart cells
Apr 24, 2008 |
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Researchers in Toronto have made advances in developing human progenitor heart cells from embryonic stem cells.
Researchers examine developing hearts in chickens to find solutions for human heart abnormalities (Video)
Jan 21, 2009 |
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When it is head versus heart, the heart comes first. The heart is the first organ to develop and is critical in supplying blood to the rest of the body. Yet, little is known about the complex processes that regulate the heartbeat. ...
Embryonic heart exhibits impressive regenerative capacity
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Oct 13, 2008 |
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A new study demonstrates that the embryonic mouse heart has an astounding capacity to regenerate, a phenomenon previously observed only in non-mammalian species. The research, published by Cell Press in the October 14th issue ...
Process for expansion and division of heart cells identified
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California, San Francisco have unraveled a complex signaling process that reveals how different types of cells interact to create ...
How do you mend a broken heart? Maybe someday with stem cells made from your skin (Video)
Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A little more than a year after University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists showed they could turn skin cells back into stem cells, they have pulsating proof that these "induced" stem cells can indeed form ...
Fruit fly research may lead to better understanding of human heart disease
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have shown in both fruit flies and humans that genes involved in embryonic heart development are also integral to adult heart function. The study, led by ...
Heart derived stem cells develop into heart muscle
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Dutch researchers at University Medical Center Utrecht and the Hubrecht Institute have succeeded in growing large numbers of stem cells from adult human hearts into new heart muscle cells. A breakthrough in stem cell research. ...
Scientists identify gene vital to early embryonic cells forming a normal heart and skull
Jun 16, 2009 |
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New research from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center highlights the critical role a certain gene and its protein play during early embryonic development on formation of a normal heart and skull.
Gene directs stem cells to build the heart
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Jul 02, 2008 |
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Researchers have shown that they can put mouse embryonic stem cells to work building the heart, potentially moving medical science a significant step closer to a new generation of heart disease treatments that use human stem ...
New role found for a cardiac progenitor population
May 14, 2008 |
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In a discovery that could one day lead to an understanding of how to regenerate damaged heart tissue, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have found that parent cells involved in embryonic development of ...
Implanting embryonic cardiac cells prevents arrhythmias
Dec 05, 2007 |
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When researchers at Cornell, the University of Bonn and the University of Pittsburgh transplanted living embryonic heart cells into cardiac tissue of mice that had suffered heart attacks, the mice became resistant ...
Stem cell regeneration repairs congenital heart defect
Sep 11, 2008 |
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Mayo Clinic investigators have demonstrated that stem cells can be used to regenerate heart tissue to treat dilated cardiomyopathy, a congenital defect. Publication of the discovery was expedited by the editors of Stem Ce ...
Stem cell transplant in mouse embryo yields heart protection in adulthood
May 14, 2009 |
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Stem cells play a role in heart muscle rejuvenation by attracting cells from the body that develop into heart muscle cells. They have been successfully used to halt or reverse cardiac injury following heart attack, but not ...
Researchers identify proteins that help develop mammalian hearts
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May 16, 2008 |
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The absence of two proteins in mammalian embryos prevents the development of a healthy heart, a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, has found.
Stem cells train heart following heart attack
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Injecting adult stem cells into a heart following a heart attack (infarction) improves the heart function and strengthens the heart wall.
