Source: University of Nottingham
Date: July 30, 2007
Summary:
New research at The University of Nottingham is paving the way for techniques that use stem cells to repair the damage caused by heart attacks. The research, funded with a grant of £95,000 the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), is looking at the process that turns a stem cell into a cardiomyocyte — the beating cell that makes up the heart. The Nottingham researchers are developing a new system to monitor cardiomyocytes in real time as they differentiate from stem cells into beating heart cells.
