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Editorial
. 2018 Aug 21;138(8):806-808.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035186.

Undeniable Evidence That the Adult Mammalian Heart Lacks an Endogenous Regenerative Stem Cell

Bryan D Maliken  1 , Jeffery D Molkentin  1   2
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Editorial

Undeniable Evidence That the Adult Mammalian Heart Lacks an Endogenous Regenerative Stem Cell

Bryan D Maliken et al. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; stem cells.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures

J.D.M. received significant research support from the NIH (R37HL60562), however no direct conflicts of interest related to this Editorial are declared.

Comment on

  • Genetic Lineage Tracing of Nonmyocyte Population by Dual Recombinases.
    Li Y, He L, Huang X, Bhaloo SI, Zhao H, Zhang S, Pu W, Tian X, Li Y, Liu Q, Yu W, Zhang L, Liu X, Liu K, Tang J, Zhang H, Cai D, Ralf AH, Xu Q, Lui KO, Zhou B. Li Y, et al. Circulation. 2018 Aug 21;138(8):793-805. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.034250. Circulation. 2018. PMID: 29700121

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