Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Date: March 6, 2008
Summary:
The San Francisco Chronicle reports researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease at the University of California, San Francisco have found a way to turn human embryonic stem cells into heart muscle cells:
"Researchers in San Francisco have discovered a new way to nudge human embryonic stem cells to form specialized cells - a potentially huge step toward the development of stem cell therapies to repair damaged hearts, nerves and other organs.
In a scientific first, a research team at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and UCSF demonstrated that small regulatory molecules called microRNAs can influence embryonic stem cells to produce heart muscle cells."
