Making Bioartificial Hearts
An ingenious method for making new organs could one day revolutionize medical transplants.
A close-up of the rat heart in the bioreactor shows that it is attached to two catheters responsible for the inflow and outflow of a nutrient solution. The heart is also hooked to two electrodes that train it to contract and expand.
Credit: Jonathan Chapman
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