Researchers have successfully created a human heart cell model of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), an inherited heart muscle disorder that puts carriers at high risk of developing life-threatening arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.
View the original article here: First Human Heart Cell Model Developed Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells – Science 2.0
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