Miniature heart replica could help optimize cardiac disease treatments
05 May 2022
A living cardiac pump: Christos Michas examines the miniPUMP in the lab. The scaffold that gives structure to the heart cells, without exerting any active force on them, can be seen through the tissue. (Courtesy: Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University Photography)
By combining a metamaterial cylinder with artificially grown heart tissue, researchers in the US hav
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