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Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle have engineered stem cells that do not generate dangerous arrhythmias, a complication that has to date thwarted efforts to develop stem-cell therapies for injured hearts.
Researchers hope findings could ultimately lead to the development of highly targeted therapies for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.
The embryo-like structures produced a response similar to pregnancy.
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle have engineered stem cells that do not generate dangerous arrhythmias, a complication that has to date thwarted efforts to develop stem-cell therapies for injured hearts.
Researchers in China implanted the structures in three surrogate monkeys, but they did not become viable fetuses.