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Researchers are getting closer and closer to repairing heart tissue. At Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York,  researchers are successfully growing three types of human heart cells from laboratory cultures derived from embryonic stem cells.

The researchers created the so-called master heart cells by adding a mix of growth factors and other development-related molecules to the laboratory dishes containing stem cells at key times during the experiment. By timing these steps correctly, the researchers encouraged the cells to grow into ancestors, or “progenitors,” of the three specific heart cell types which are: cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and vascular smooth muscle cells. Each type of cell plays an important part in the makeup of functioning heart tissues.

The second set of cells, the endothelial cells are the first barrier to the invasion of cholesterol. They are on the outer surface of the arteries and touch the bloodstream. When these cells are breached by LDL particles, cholesterol can begin to store inside the artery-cell walls and the process of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries begins.

It looks quite promising that in the near future heart repair will take place. This is one (big) step towards the reversing of heart disease.