Published in Blood Weekly, May 5th, 2005
According to a recent review from Israel, "Unlike heart valves or blood vessels, heart muscle has no replacement alternatives. The most challenging goal in the field of cardiovascular tissue engineering is the creation/ regeneration of an engineered heart muscle."
"Recent advances in methods of stem cell isolation, culture in bioreactors, and the synthesis of bioactive materials promise to create engineered cardiac tissue ex vivo.
"At the same time, new approaches arc conceived that explore ways to induce tissue regeneration after injury," said J. Leor and coworkers...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-05-05)
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