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Heart cells grown in lab

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Scientists have come a step closer to creating heart tissue for transplants.

Using embryonic stem cells, they have managed to grow three types of human heart cells in the laboratory.

Here, the cells can be seen after they have been transplanted into a mouse.

Footage courtesy of Dr Lei Yang, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

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