Researchers at Houston’s Rice University and Texas Children’s Hospital have found that stem cells drawn from amniotic fluid show promise for tissue engineering, but it is important to determine what they can and cannot do. A new Rice/TCH study led by bioengineer Jeff Jacot has observed that amniotic stem cells can communicate with mature heart cells and form electrical couplings with each other similar to those found in heart tissue, but these electrical connections alone don’t result in the amniotic cells to become cardiac cells.
http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/03/rice-u-and-texas-childrens-hospital-researchers-determine-that-heart-cells-change-stem-cell-behavior/
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