The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine addressed the issue in an interview with him on the occasion of the Nobel Prize winning of two faculty members. The study was published in Nature
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The Technion researchers succeeded in building a pacemaker from embryonic stem cells. This is what the prestigious journal "Nature Biotechnology" reveals in its issue that will be published online tonight.
Professor Lior Gepstein, from the Rapaport Institute in the Ruth and Baruch Rapaport Faculty of Medicine, created heart cells in the laboratory with his team from human embryonic stem cells, and transplanted them into a pig's heart. Earlier, the pig underwent a treatment that artificially slowed its heart rate. The transplanted tissues partially corrected the defect in the heart rhythm, acting as a biological pacemaker.
"The human stem cells were well integrated into the operation of the pig's heart," says Professor Gepstein. "Our experiments point to the potential that human stem cells have - to repair defects in the heart."
The Technion researchers suggest using cell therapy as an aid to the electronic pacemakers that exist today.
The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, Professor Raphael Biar, said that this is the first time in the world that researchers have succeeded in building beating heart tissue from embryonic stem cells and transplanting it into a pig's heart.
Professor Gepstein also serves as a cardiologist at the Rambam Medical Center.
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