Senior Author Leonard Y. Lee (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

Senior Author Leonard Y. Lee

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Rutgers scientist, Leonard Lee of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is one step closer to developing an alternative to heart transplant surgery through a new model that develops heart cells from stem cells to eliminate or reduce the need to be connected to a ventricular assist device (VAD) following heart failure.

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