Untiring steps toward the maturation of human stem cell-engineered heart tissue

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¹ Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; ; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
² Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

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Hidetoshi Masumoto et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;5(4):87.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.01.60.

¹ Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; ; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
² Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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