Indyplus videos: Heart stem cells

Scientists have made a human cloning breakthrough by turning skin cells into early-stage embryos that were then used to create specialised tissue cells for transplant operations. For the first time researchers have created human stem cells using the cloning technique.

Watch videos explaining the research and the beating heart cells below:

Animation of stem cell reprogramming process

Beating heart cells

Dr shoukhrat Mitalipov explains the research