The heart is one of the least regenerative organs in the human body -- a big factor in making heart failure the number one killer worldwide. What if we could help heart muscle regenerate after injury? Physician and scientist Chuck Murry shares his groundbreaking research into using stem cells to grow new heart cells -- an exciting step towards realizing the awesome promise of stem cells as medicine.
Key points in this episode
What’s the #1 disease killer in the entire world?
What makes heart disease so deadly ?
How will pluripotent stem cells cure heart disease?
How did the first attempt to turn pluripotent stem cells into heart muscle?
Can we actually restore function to the injured heart?
How did the first attempt to turn pluripotent stem cells into heart muscle?
Murry's team was able to get clumps of beating human heart muscle in a dish. When doing the cell counts, Murry found out that only 1 out of 1,000 of the stem cells turned into heart muscle.
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