Cardiomyocytes 
Stem cells have been used to create heart cells under lab conditions by researchers from the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Toronto.
By supplying the right growth factors at the right time, they encouraged the cells to grow into immature versions of three different types of cardiac cell.
The three cell types they created – cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells – are each important constituents of heart muscle.
Lead reseracher Dr Gordon Keller says
“The immediate impact of this is significant as we now have an unlimited supply of these cells to study how they develop, how they function and …read more