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Modeling the Effects of Maternal Diabetes on the Developing Human Heart Using Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Heart Organoids
1 Jun 2022
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Congenital heart defects (CHD) constitute the most common type of birth defect in humans. Maternal diabetes during the first trimester of pregnancy (pregestational diabetes, or PGD) is one of the most prominent factors contributing to CHD, and is present in a significant population of female patients with diabetes in reproductive age. PGD is challenging to manage clinically due to the extreme sensitivity of the...
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