Kyle William Riggs

This study examines cardiac maturation in postnatal pigs and mice, finding that pig cardiomyocytes undergo multinucleation and growth dynamics distinct from mice, with cell cycle arrest and loss of mononucleated-diploid cells occurring later.

This study shows that 1-month-old pigs subjected to ischemia/reperfusion injury form a scar and do not regenerate myocardium despite cardiomyocyte cycling.