02/02/2017 11:38 AM EST
Researchers have grown heart tissue by seeding a mix of human cells onto a 1-micron-resolution scaffold made with a 3-D printer. The cells organized themselves in the scaffold to create engineered heart tissue that beats synchronously in culture. When the human-derived heart muscle patch was surgically placed onto a mouse heart after a heart attack, it significantly improved heart function and decreased the amount of dead heart tissue. Source University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
Tissue engineering advance reduces heart failure in model of heart attack
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