As technology advances, scientists are able to go further in creating bioengineered organs and tissues. However, it has been nearly impossible to replicate the human heart because of how complex the organ is- and its microscopic blood vessels. Glen Claudette, a Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Worcester, believed it would be easier to use a stencil similar to a hearts small viens, a spinach leaf, than to create from scratch. Injecting the spinach leaf with live human cardiac cells, it grew tissue around itself, and started beating like a heart. Claudette was able to mock exactly what the heart does; the success of this experiment caused more hope for the future and patients with heart issues.
WORK CITED
Ahmed, Shariqua. “Spinach Leaf Transformed Into Beating Human Heart Tissue.” DOGOnews, DOGO Media, Inc., 29 Aug, 2017, Web. 07 Sep. 2017.
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