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Heart Researchers

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Patrick Calhoun (left), and mentor James Smyth, an associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, conducted first of its kind research applying human adenovirus to induced pluripotent stem cell derived-cardiomyocytes - human skin cells converted to heart cells -- that determined the virus disrupts the electrical system that keeps the heart beating regularly, sometimes causing sudden cardiac death.

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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

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