New source of heart stem cells discovered
Date: 24.6.2008
Finding offers hope of recapitulating developmental events to regenerate tissue
Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston are continuing to document the heart's earliest origins. Now, they have pinpointed a new, previously unrecognized group of stem cells that give rise to **cardiomyocytes**, or heart muscle cells. These stem cells, located in the surface of the heart, or epicardium, advance the hope of being able to regenerate injured **heart tissue**
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