The University of Minnesota is one of 18 research groups to participate in a $170 million study of stem and progenitor cells, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute announced Wednesday.
Five professors from the Universityâ??s Lillehei Heart Institute and the Stem Cell Institute will participate in the study, and will work closely with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Their â??hubâ? will study the signals and regulating factors that direct stem cells to heart and blood cells and blood vessels.