UW–Madison scientists grow functional artery cells from stem cells, truly functional arterial cells reportedly created for the first time

In a step toward one of stem cell science’s chief goals, UW–Madison researchers have grown functional human artery cells that helped lab mice survive heart attacks.

microscopic image of endothelial cells

“This work provides valuable proof that we can eventually get a reliable source for functional arterial endothelial cells and make arteries that perform and behave like the real thing,” Thomson said in a statement. Read about it Here and Here.

Paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read the paper here.