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Are Resident c-Kit + Cardiac Stem Cells Really All That Are Needed to Mend a Broken Heart?

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: T he ability of the heart to regenerate through new myo- cyte formation is a subject of intense investigation.Here we will discuss a provocative new publication from Nadal-Ginard and Torella and colleagues where they report that c-kit resident cardiac stem cells are necessary and sufficient to explain cardiac regeneration fully. Are Resident c-Kit + Cardiac Stem Cells Really All ThatAre Needed to Mend a Broken Heart?

Source: Circulation Research

DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.113.302564

Authors: Jeffery D. Molkentin, Steven R. Houser

Institution: Temple University

Language: English

Topic: Congenital heart defects research

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Howard Hughes Medical Institute