How Heart Cells Turn into Bone

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You might be surprised to know that heart cells can turn into bone inside the human body! Heart tissue and bone tissue have very different jobs, so why does this happen? Michael Aranda hosts in this informative episode of SciShow starring the human heart! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to James Harshaw, Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick Merrithew, Accalia Elementia, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Tim Curwick, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Kathy Philip, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2016-11/p-eis111016.php http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165252 http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/65/1/111.full.pdf https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2016-11/cp-hth111016.php http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S

Published 2016-11-18 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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