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muscle fiber
(redirected from muscle cell)

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muscle fiber [′məs·əl ‚fī·bər]
(histology)
The contractile cell or unit of which muscle is composed.


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While we were able to grow heart muscle cells that were able to contract with strength and carry electric impulses quickly, there are many other factors that need to be considered," said assistant professor Nenad Bursac.
From embryonic stem cells extracted from mice, scientists at Duke University successfully grew heart muscle cells known as cardiomyocytes.
Frisen and his colleagues found that samples from people born before 1955 did indeed have carbon 14 in heart muscle cell DNA, indicating that the cells had been created after the person's birth.
 
 
 
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