Spontaneous Beating of Heart Repair Patch (VIDEO)

University of Washington

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This heart repair patch was engineered from a mix of stem cells in the University of Washington laboratory of Dr. Charles Murry. The tissue patch is shown beating spontaneously and synchronously in a lab dish.

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Charles Murry lab, University of Washington

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