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Engineering the heart piece by piece

Some day, heart attack survivors might have a patch of laboratory-grown muscle placed in their heart, and children born with defective heart valves might get new ones that can grow in place. But while these possibilities are all within reach, and could transform the way heart care is delivered, hurdles still remain, according to a new article about "bioengineering" heart tissue.

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