Keeping the beat. Focus on “Enrichment of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes in primary culture facilitates long-term maintenance of contractility in vitro”

Abstract

despite 20–30 years of extensive research into the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), CVD remains the leading cause of death (25% all-cause mortality) in men and women. Nevertheless, advances in CVD therapeutics, coupled with improved