The inventors’ team, led by Dr. Luisa Mestroni of CU, has discovered that changes observed in neurons when exposed to carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could be reproduced in cardiac myocytes. Their work has shown increased viability and proliferation of cardiac myocytes (neonatal rat ventricular myocytes, NRVM) when interacting with CNTs, as well as changes in the electrophysiological properties of cardiac myoctes, suggesting that carbon-nanotubes may promote cardiac myocyte maturation. These promising results hold an extraordinary potential for innovative clinical, pharmacological and stem cell applications in cardiac disease.
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