Friday, April 27, 2012

Just a Few Cell Clones can Make Heart Muscle





Scientists at Duke University Medical Center used zebrafish and a color-imaging technology to track heart cells.  They found that a very small number of cardiomyocytes (heart muscle cells) in young animals lead to the thousands of cardiomyocytes that form the heart.  This will hopefully help doctors as they try to clone appropriate cells and make transplant hearts.

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