Heart grown in a jar-
One day when a person needs a heart transplant- they may be searching for one in a used pickle jar! That is right! Scientists are now starting to grow hearts in a jar….
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WASHINGTON - Researchers seeking new treatments for heart disease managed to grow a rat heart in the lab and start it beating.
Taylor led the team whose research appeared in Sunday’s online edition of the journal Nature Medicine.
Scientists have worked for years for ways to grow body parts. Many efforts have focused on heart valves as an alternative to the plastic or animal valves that wear out after being implanted in humans.
An estimated 5 million people live with heart failure and about 550,000 new cases are diagnosed each year in the United States. Approximately 50,000 die annually waiting for a heart donor…. Read the entire story.
