Perfusion of a Decellularized Spinach Leaf (VIDEO)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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A fluid similar to blood flows through the vasculature of a spinach leaf that has been stripped of plant cells. Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) were able to culture beating human heart cells on such decelluralized leaves.

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