Tissue Engineered Ventricle (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Tissue Engineered Ventricle

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This three-dimensional model of a left heart ventricle was engineered with a nanofiber scaffold seeded with heart cells. It could be used to study diseases, test drugs and develop patient-specific treatments for heart conditions such as arrhythmia.

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Luke MacQueen and Michael Rosnach/Harvard University

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