Successfully developed human heart from stem cells, beating as usual

A group of scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School used adult skin cells to regenerate functional heart tissue.

This research was published in Circulation Research magazine. Specifically, the team took adult human skin cells, using the technique of calling information RNA to turn them into pluripotent stem cells , before inducing them to differentiate into two different types of heart cells.

The heart is nourished by researchers in special conditions.

Next, they infused the nutrient solution into the heart for two weeks, allowing it to develop the same conditions that a normal heart develops in the human body. After a two-week period, the heart now has a stable tissue structure, which has similar characteristics in the development of the human heart. When electric shock, the heart that scientists create can beat.

Research has opened new opportunities for people with heart disease.

This shows the latest step that medical researchers have achieved to develop a fully functioning heart. In the next step, the researchers will find ways for cells to differentiate faster and improve the conditions that occur in the development of the heart, thereby minimizing the likelihood of a heart-transplanting body.