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Science 3 April 2009:
Vol. 324. no. 5923, pp. 47 - 48
DOI: 10.1126/science.1172255
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DEVELOPMENT BIOLOGY:
Turnover After the Fallout

Charles E. Murry1 and Richard T. Lee2

Human cardiac muscle cells slowly renew into adulthood, a potential that may be therapeutically exploited.

1Departments of Pathology and Bioengineering, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. E-mail: murry{at}u.washington.edu

2Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Partners Research Facility, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. E-mail: rlee{at}partners.org

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