Microneedle Patch Repairs Heart Damage
January 8, 2019 | Terry Sharrer
Chinese and American engineers have designed a “patch” which is applied to a damaged area on the heart’s exterior surface to stimulate regeneration. “Microneedles in the patch open up microchannels and direct therapeutic cells directly to the heart cells, promoting communication between the damaged areas and therapeutic cells, which pumped out regenerative factors for heart repair. The patch is an extremely thin film called MN-CSC. During testing, the team used .5 by .5 cm sized-patches.” MORE
Image Credit: Ke Cheng/Zhen Gu and Medical Press