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Mar 23, 2018

Genetic switch activates transformation of stem cells into heart muscle cells

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The discovery of a genetic switch that triggers stem cells to turn into heart cells is a major step in finding treatment for damaged hearts.

Researchers from A*STAR and their colleagues in India have been investigating the molecular and genetic processes by which human embryonic differentiate into the body’s many types of cells—in particular, cardiomyocytes, or .

“The effort is underway globally to find ways to differentiate these stem cells into beating functional heart muscle cells so that they can be used for cell-based therapies to treat structural abnormalities,” says Prabha Sampath, from the A*STAR Institute of Medical Biology.

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