Monthly Archive for July, 2009
check it out on Wired (and don’t forget to read the comments!)
In the future, patch cells might be used for treating damaged hearts…
“Jordan Lancaster and Steven Goldman, researchers from the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration and the University of Arizona, put rat heart cells on a piece of synthetic mesh and within a few days, it started beating. The hope is that down the road the patch of cells could be used to treat damaged hearts.”
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