When most people think of stem cell research, they assume that the advancements will lead to the creation of new healthy cells. A recent study at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, however, has succeeded in doing precisely the opposite; using differentiated human stem cells, the researchers were able to create heart cells with the condition known as cardiomyopathy. And while the fact that the heart cells that were created had cardiomyopathy may seem like a negative, it was the intent of the study.
This is the first successful attempt at creating new heart cells from differentiated stem cells. By recreating cells in this fashion, researchers will be able to determine the pathology of this and other conditions. As more reproductions of this kind take place, we should continue to discover more about the various genetic diseases that inflict people the world over.
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