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New Study of Stem Cell Differentiation Could Help Researchers Better Understand the Genetic Basis of Heart Disease.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012.  The fate of an embryonic stem cell, which has the potential to become any type of body cell, is determined by a complex interaction of genes, proteins that bind DNA, and molecules that modify those genes and proteins.

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In a new paper, biologists from MIT and the University of California at San Francisco have outlined how those interactions direct the development of stem cells into mature heart cells. The study,…

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