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Published online 16 September 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050912-12

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Mouse stem cells heal sheep hearts

Future therapy for heart attacks gets a boost.

Embryonic stem cells from mice can help mend the broken hearts of sheep. This cross-species experiment is one more step in finding out whether human embryonic stem cells can mend the damage done by heart attacks.

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