Researchers may have isolated embryonic mouse cells that are committed to becoming cardiac myocytes, the type of heart muscle cells that are capable of coordinated contraction. Such cells could be a powerful tool in animal models of heart disease, and might pave the way for identifying the equivalent cells in humans. Previously, scientists had identified so-called multipotent secondary-heart-field (SHF) progenitors that can give rise to different major cell types in the mature heart.
(source: nature.com)
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