Alchemy and the New Age of Cardiac Muscle Cell Biology 英文参考文献.docVIP

Open access, freely available online Primer Alchemy and the New Age of Cardiac Muscle Cell Biology Kenneth R. Chien “Alchemy: a process of transforming something common into something special”—Webster’s Dictionary A growing number of studies are reporting the isolation of cardiac stem cells from a variety of tissue sources and examining their effects on promoting the repair of the injured heart. In the current issue of PLoS Biology, the storyline takes an unexpected, interesting twist, as Neal Epstein and his colleagues report the isolation of a novel cell type from skeletal muscle tha