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Nature Medicine 12, 483 (2006)
Published online: 27 April 2006 | doi:10.1038/nm0506-483

Trial set to test how stem cells heal a broken heart

George S. Mack1

  1. Columbia, South Carolina


A fresh supply of mitochondria does the trick, say researchers.


Some of the most heartening reports in stem cell research have come from doctors who showed that injecting damaged hearts with stem cells could revive them. But how the stem cells heal the heart has been far more controversial.

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