ISOLATION, EXPANSION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN CARDIAC PROGENITOR CELLS.

目前，治疗心力衰竭等心脏疾病的方法有限。干细胞研究为发现心肌疾病的新疗法提供了机会。我们的目标是分离和扩增来自人类胚胎干细胞的心脏细胞，并用它们在实验室模拟心脏病，提高我们对心脏病的理解。我们希望，在未来，这些细胞将有助于发现减轻与这种疾病有关的痛苦的药物。

At present there are limited treatment options for cardiac diseases such as heart failure. Stem cell research offers the opportunity to find new treatments for myocardial disease. We aim to isolate and expand cardiac cells derived from human embryonic stem cells and use them to simulate heart disease in the laboratory improve our understanding of cardiac disease. We hope that in future these cells will enable the discovery of drugs that alleviate the suffering associated with the disease.