Treatments aim to bulk up failing hearts to restore their vigour – but can the field move on from past controversy?

A stem cell-based heart patch improved pumping in a small trial for advanced heart failure. "Very good first step," researcher says.

Treatments aim to bulk up failing hearts to restore their vigour – but can the field move on from past controversy?

Using patient-derived cardiac tissue and stem cell-based models, the team of translational researchers demonstrated that targeting the genetic cause of disease improved cellular…