The team developed a 3D-printed heart patch for intraventricular implantation to serve as an alternative to the bovine ...

A new type of tissue-engineered cardiac patch could not only seal defective areas of the heart, as has been the case up to now, but also heal them. An interdisciplinary team led by ETH Zurich has ...

Scientists from ETH Zurich have 3D printed a special patch that can integrate into existing heart tissue to help repair ...

The problem with scar tissue on the heart is the fact that, unlike regular cardiac muscle tissue, it can't expand and contract. This means that the heart as a whole likewise can't expand and ...

By Jay Bennett Published: Mar 14, 2016 12:33 PM EDT ...

Cardiac failure is a critical condition that results in life-threatening consequences. Due to a limited number of organ donors, tissue engineering has emerged to generate functional tissue ...

Functional heart muscle regenerated in decellularized human hearts Team generates stem-cell derived heart muscle in cell-free human cardiac matrix Date: March 11, 2016 Source: Massachusetts ...

Surface Features of Recombinant Spider Silk Protein eADF4 (κ16)-Made Materials are Well-Suited for Cardiac Tissue Engineering. Advanced Functional Materials, 2017; 1701427 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201701427 ...

And beating away in one corner, the muscle cells that make heart tissue contract, cardiomyocytes, made using stem cell technology. “They’re generated using induced pluripotent stem cells,” says ...