Engineered Blood Vessel (IMAGE)

Duke University

Engineered Blood Vessel

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An engineered blood vessel with smooth muscle and endothelium grown from skin samples of a patient can be tested while fluids flow through. This allows researchers to see how diseased blood vessels react to drugs and other factors under lifelike conditions.

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Nadia Abutaleb, Duke University

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