WPI Professor George Pins with Heart Patch (IMAGE)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

WPI Professor George Pins with Heart Patch

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George Pins, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), holds a patch woven from biopolymer microthreads. The patch which could someday be used to repair cardiac muscle damaged by a heart attack.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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