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Spinach to hearts: Leafy vegetable inspires new way to generate heart tissue
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:02:55
Publish Date: 2018-02-09 08:00:00
Description: Most people see a vegetable when they see a spinach leaf, but in a lab at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, they see the potential to create heart tissue. Ph.D. students at the lab are training to be leaders in bioengineering, particularly biofabrication, in a unique research setting that promotes an innovator's mindset. They're thinking outside the box to develop practical, commercially viable technologies that fulfill critical unmet needs.
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