Monday, April 02, 2007

British team grows human heart valve from stem cells

Source: Guardian Unlimited - UK
Date: April 2, 2007

Summary:

A British research team led by the world's leading heart surgeon has grown part of a human heart from stem cells for the first time. If animal trials scheduled for later this year prove successful, replacement tissue could be used in transplants for the hundreds of thousands of people suffering from heart disease within three years.