Researchers say they have used stem cells in the laboratory to grow tissue that acts just like human heart muscle. The bioengineered tissue, produced by introducing electrical and mechanical stimulation to the stem cells at an early stage, could serve as a better heart model for testing the effects of drugs and toxic substances than current tissue-engineered heart models. Their study, partly funded by NHLBI, appeared in Nature.
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