Engineered human heart muscle tissue contracting (VIDEO)

Hubrecht Institute

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Video showing engineered human heart muscle tissue in the lab. These ring-shaped structures have the ability to contract and can therefore be used as a model of the human heart to measure contractility.

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Credit: Eirini Kyriakopoulou. Video captured at the University Medical Center Goettingen.

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