Engineering mini human hearts to study pregnancy complications and birth defects
By Brett Volmert, Ph.D. Candidate in Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University
Aitor Aguirre, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University
Aleksandra Kostina, Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering, Michigan State University
Human heart organoids allow researchers to study the developing heart while avoiding the ethical issues of using human embryos and the imperfections of animal models.
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