Heart slices in biomimetic culture system

Researchers at the University of Louisville have developed a culture system that can keep slices of heart tissue alive six times longer than current methods.  “This new biomimetic culture system mimics the environment of a living organ through continuous electrical stimulation and oxygenation, maintaining viability and functionality of the heart segments for six days. Previous culture systems maintained functional heart slices for no more than 24 hours. The extended viability time will enable improved preclinical testing of new drugs for effectiveness and toxicity.”      MORE

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