迪斯凯尔想知道,为什么心肌细胞不取代疤痕组织呢?
Why, Discher wondered, don't heart muscle cells then replace the scar tissue?
他成功地对老鼠的结缔组织细胞进行了基因改造,使它们发育成为心肌细胞,并已经在患有心脏病的老鼠的心脏上对这些细胞进行了测试。
He has managed to reprogram mouse connective-tissue cells so that they develop into cardiac muscle cells, and has tested them in the hearts of mice that have had heart attacks.
这种方法临时以纤维蛋白凝胶来培养大鼠的心肌细胞,当细胞形成组织后去除纤维蛋白凝胶。
The approach USES a fibrin gel to support rat cardiac cells temporarily, before the fibrin breaks down as the cells organize into tissue.
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