Researchers at Vanderbilt University have captured the moment a stem cell transforms into a functional heart muscle cell, revealing how individual cells self-organize contractile machinery and generate electrical signals to produce rhythmic beating. This visualization provides insights into cardiac development and applications for disease modeling and drug safety screening. — Photo by Robina Weermeijer on Unsplash (Unsplash License)
MD, MPH, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ). Professor and Head, School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). President, Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF), Paris. Secretary/Treasurer, UEMS Section of Public Health. WHO Consultant, Health and Migration, Geneva. Former Member, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP-EWEC, 2016–2021). ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
