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Stories about: heart valves

Infant Heart Valves Created from Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Genetics managed a breakthrough in tissue engineering, when a German team of scientists, led by Ralf Sodian, MD, cardiac surgeon at University Hospital of Munich, announced that stem cells from the blood flowing through the umbilical cord could be used to create artificial heart valves for infants born with malfuncti... 11 November 2008 10:06 GMT