Mending Broken Hearts: Using Embryonic Stem Cells to Repair the Damage Caused by Heart Attacks
When Hina Chaudhry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine heard that women in the last few months of pregnancy have the highest rate of recovery from heart failure, she wondered whether it might be the fetal cardiomyocytes that are doing the repair. Chaudhry has confirmed her suspicions.
Marc Zimmer, ContributorChemistry professor, Connecticut College