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Built to order - Hearts anyone?

March 31, 2008

University of Minnesota scientists have rebuilt and reanimated a heart. This is a major step in creating “built-to-order” organs that will help countless transplant patients currently waiting for donors.

“Someday, doctors may routinely extract cells from heart failure patients and use them to reseed a new organ from a cadaver-derived ECM. ” — UoM

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  1. jamie on April 30th, 2008 10:29 pm

    What a remarkable instance of the medical advances that we are going to observe in our lifetime

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