title: Making steady progress on direct cardiac reprogramming toward clinical application.
abstract: A new report demonstrates direct cardiac reprogramming in human cells for the first time and points to the possibility of moving this technology toward clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
mesh_terms: D054338:Cell Transdifferentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology*; D010641:Phenotype