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| A Rat's Pumping Heart |
★ While they have only tested it on rats, this is still a huge discovery in the science community.
★ Thousands of people every year are put on organ transplant lists and they often die before they can receive a new organ.
★ Luckily, researchers from the University of Minnesota might have found a solution. They've grown a heart using stem cells!
★ Luckily, researchers from the University of Minnesota might have found a solution. They've grown a heart using stem cells!
★ But how was the heart grown? First, the heart was removed from a dead rat and its cells were washed out with detergent, leaving the heart’s “framework”.
★ Next, scientists injected new heart cells from newborn rats into the heart frame.
★ After just one week, the heart was beating on its own! To learn more about this scientific breakthrough, check the video!
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