Hearts from Stem Cells

1 November 2019 by Madeline Cunningham

Healthcare

Hearts created from stem cells could make transplants obsolete. Australia has developed a human heart using a 3-D process developed by Israeli scientists. The prototype is the size of a rabbit heart with blood vessels, ventricles and chambers. It did not have a heart beat however scientists believe the new heart replacement process will make heart transplants obsolete. https://neweconomy.media/2019/07/22/hearts-created-from-stem-cells-could-make-transplants-obsolete/

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ideaspies03 @ 2019.11.01 9:18 PM
Wonderful to see this research. I wonder when the first human heart based on this research will start working....

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