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. 2012 Jul 6;11(1):3-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2012.06.014.

Reprogramming a broken heart

Emil M Hansson  1 , Kenneth R Chien
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Reprogramming a broken heart

Emil M Hansson et al. Cell Stem Cell. .
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Abstract

Fibrosis resulting from cardiac injury presents a major challenge to restoring heart function after myocardial infarction. Two recent papers in Nature report successful in vivo reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes in injured mouse hearts (Qian et al., 2012; Song et al., 2012), resulting in improved cardiac function and reduced scar formation.

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