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Stem cells from SKIN cells develop heartbeat

Stem cells from SKIN cells develop heartbeat

February 13, 2009

This is really encouraging stuff.

Stem cells develop heartbeat
By: Molly Sheetz /The Daily Cardinal – February 13, 2009

UW-Madison researchers have discovered a way to convert stem cells developed from adult skin cells into functional heart-muscle tissue, a breakthrough that could change the way the medical community treats heart disease.

A paper published Thursday in the scientific journal Circulation Research details the study conducted since 2007. Using induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, UW cardiologist Dr. Tim Kamp created heart-muscle cells that, under a microscope, visibly maintain a steady heartbeat…

…The iPS cells have been used for more than just heart muscle development. Dr. Clive Svendson of the UW-Madison School of Medicine and his lab have also successfully used these iPS cells to create motor neuron cells in a disease-model of spinal muscular atrophy…

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