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Human stem cell-derived heart cells are safe in monkeys, could treat congenital heart disease

Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Wisconsin-Madison image:  Heart muscle cells grown from human induced pluripotent stem cells (in green) have successfully integrated into rhesus macaque heart muscle in this microscope image of heart tissue from a new study by UW–Madison and Mayo Clinic researchers.view more  Credit: Photo courtesy Emborg Lab / UW–Madison MADISON — Heart muscle cells...

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Cardiac stem cells from heart disease patients may be harmful

Patients with severe and end-stage heart failure have few treatment options available to them apart from transplants and “miraculous” stem cell therapy. But a new Tel Aviv University study finds that stem cell therapy may, in fact, harm heart disease patients. The research, led by Prof. Jonathan Leor of TAU’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine and...