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Dec. 15th, 2004 10:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingScientists have cultured small pieces of heart tissue which beat in the same way as the whole organ.
The US Massachusetts Institute of Technology team hope the work will lead to new ways of repairing heart damage.
They grew the tissue from a few rat heart cells which were placed on an artificial scaffold, and then stimulated with an electric current.
Researchers told Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: "Think of it as a patch for a broken heart."
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The US Massachusetts Institute of Technology team hope the work will lead to new ways of repairing heart damage.
They grew the tissue from a few rat heart cells which were placed on an artificial scaffold, and then stimulated with an electric current.
Researchers told Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: "Think of it as a patch for a broken heart."
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I know what *I* want for Valentine's Day!