Lab-Grown Heart Tissue (IMAGE)

University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Lab-Grown Heart Tissue

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Lab-grown heart tissue, suspended between two strands made of an elastic polymer, beats inside the Biowire II. The platform both incubates the cells and measures how strongly they are contracting in real time.

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Yimu Zhao

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