Lab-created heart valves can grow with the recipient
Loading video... VIDEO: This video shows a University of Minnesota lab-created tri-tube heart valve being tested under heart condition for function in ViVitro pulse duplicator system. view more Credit: Syedain, et al., Tranquillo Lab, University of Minnesota; Science Translational Medicine: https://z.umn.edu/pediatricheartvalves A groundbreaking new study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers from both the College of Science and Engineering and the Medical School shows for the first time that lab-created heart valves implanted in young lambs for a year were capable of...
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