De Novo Human Cardiac Myocytes for Medical Research: Promises and Challenges

• Main Authors: Veronique Hamel (Author), Kang Cheng (Author), Shudan Liao (Author), Aizhu Lu (Author), Yong Zheng (Author), Yawen Chen (Author), Yucai Xie (Author), Wenbin Liang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The advent of cellular reprogramming technology has revolutionized biomedical research. De novo human cardiac myocytes can now be obtained from direct reprogramming of somatic cells (such as fibroblasts), from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs, which are reprogrammed from somatic cells), and fro...