Heart organoid (IMAGE)

Stanford Medicine

Heart organoid

Caption

This 2-week-old heart organoid — with cardiomyocytes (green) and smooth muscle cells (white) — is surrounded by endothelial cells (magenta) that form a network of realistic blood vessels.

Credit

Oscar Abilez/Stanford Medicine

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*The illustration must be credited Oscar Abilez/Stanford Medicine. It may be used only in an editorial manner and not for any commercial, promotional, endorsement, advertising or merchandising purpose. It may be used only in conjunction with a story about the research described in this article.

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