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Sorting cardiomyocytes: a simple solution after all?

Cardiomyocytes can be sorted to high purity upon staining them with a dye that labels mitochondria. This permits the preparation of pure populations of cardiomyocytes differentiated from stem cells.

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Mummery, C. Sorting cardiomyocytes: a simple solution after all?. Nat Methods 7, 40–42 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0110-40

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