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SUBMITTER: Mazhari R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3563254 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mazhari Ramesh R Hare Joshua M JM
Trends in cardiovascular medicine 20120101 1
The possibility of using stem cells to regenerate damaged myocardium has been actively investigated since the late 1990s. Consistent with the traditional view that the heart is a "postmitotic" organ that possesses minimal capacity for self-repair, much of the preclinical and clinical work has focused exclusively on introducing stem cells into the heart, with the hope of differentiation of these cells into functioning cardiomyocytes. This approach is ongoing and retains promise but to date has yi ...[more]