Thursday, March 01, 2007

Gene Helps Guide Embryonic Heart Formation: Discovery could advance cardiac stem cell research, scientists say

Source: HealthDay News
Date: March 1, 2007

Summary:

A gene called Sox17 plays a critical role in the development of embryonic stem cells into beating heart muscle cells, U.S. researchers report. The finding may help in efforts to use embryonic stem cells to generate heart muscle in order to repair damage caused by heart attacks and chronic heart failure.