Nanotechnology Researchers Turn Embryonic Stem Cells into Heart cells

August 16, 2011

Every day, 15 people die from heart disease in Singapore, which accounted for 31.6% of all deaths in 2009.1 Worldwide, the number of severe heart failure patients waiting for transplant far exceeds the number of available donor hearts. The severe shortage of available donor hearts necessitates the development of other options for heart replacement. Now, with IBN’s research breakthrough, we are one step closer to growing a new replacement heart from human embryonic stem cells. (Azonano)