Not exact matches
The researchers also found that arteries and veins from the macaques»
hearts grew into the new
heart tissue, the first time it has been shown that blood vessels from a host animal will grow into and nurture a large stem -
cell derived
graft of this type.
This image shows an implanted
graft of cardiac
cells derived from human stem
cells (green) meshed and beat with primates»
heart cells (red).
The team found that seven times as many
cells grafted to the
heart tissue when the magnet was applied (Biomaterials, doi.org/cgpq).
In addition to growing new skin for burn victims,
cells from hair follicles could potentially be used to engineer vascular
grafts and possibly regenerate cardiac tissues for patients with
heart problems.