Cardiac Muscle Patches were Rocked at 45 rpm During Culture to Improve Cardiomyocyte Maturation (VIDEO)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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The dishes on the rocker are growing large, human cardiac-muscle patches. This rocking at 45 rpm during growth greatly improves the maturation of cardiomyocyte cells. Each patch, intended for transplantation to an infarcted heart, measures about 1.6 by 0.8 inches in size and is the thickness of a dime.

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