Hydrogel (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Hydrogel

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Cardiac tissue is liquefied into a fluid that can be easily injected into the heart. Once it hits body temperature, the liquid turns into a semi-solid, porous gel that forms a scaffold to encourage cells to repopulate areas of the heart damaged by heart attack.

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UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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