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A step toward tissue-engineered heart structures for children
09-12-2007 · EurekAlert!Infants and children receiving artificial heart-valve replacements face several repeat operations as they grow, since the since the replacements become too small and must be traded for bigger ones. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have now developed a solution: living, growing valves created in the lab from a patient's own cells. In a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, published Sept. 11, they describe making pulmonary valves through tissue engineering.
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