Engineering Healthier Hearts (IMAGE)

Brown University

Engineering Healthier Hearts

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Brown University and LIfespan researchers designed a new way, using a tissue engineering mold, to align human non-embryonic stem cells to derive heart muscle cells to strengthen a rat's heart after a heart attack. The engineered muscle cell bands appear green. The team is led by Kareen Coulombe, assistant professor of engineering, and researchers at Lifespan's Cardiovascular Research Center Ulrike Mende, professor of medicine and Bum-Rak Choi, associate professor of medicine (research).

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