title: Treating the leading killer.
abstract: Injection of a growth factor in a self-assembling nanofiber scaffold has the potential to create a suitable microenvironment and recruit endogenous cells for cardiac repair (Lin et al., this issue).
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. christman@eng.ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Christman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds / Q000737:chemistry*; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A