By Arezou Azarani | February 23, 2017 at 06:22 PM EST | No Comments
Stanford Scientists have created an assay in which they use heart muscle cells made from stem cells to test the toxicity of commonly used chemotherapy drugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors used for the treatment of many types of cancers. These drugs could have severe and sometimes fatal side effects and this assay will help determine their likelihood of causing lasting heart damage in patients before they are administered to the patients.
