Stem cell science, otherwise known as the devil's religion, has been advancing in leaps and bounds. There was the news recently, where scientists sampled 3D printed working mini human kidneys.
And, now, in very awesome news, for the very first time, a research team has been able to grow human heart tissue that beats autonomously. What they said:
How they coaxed these reprogrammed skin cells into becoming heart tissue cells, I'm not sure. But, the principal point, after this coaxing, you have MCP cells.
They (the scientists) then took a decellularized mouse heart (which is a mouse heart with all the cells taken out, leaving a framework for the new cells), and repopulated it with MCP cells.
And, after several weeks, not only was the mouse heart rebuilt, but it was beating forty to fifty times per minute. So, ultimately, in amazing advance, obviously there's still a lot of room to improve, and they have to, because the human heart beats sixty to a hundred times per minute.
But, with one person dying from heart disease, every thirty four seconds, this is a huge, huge deal.
And, now, in very awesome news, for the very first time, a research team has been able to grow human heart tissue that beats autonomously. What they said:
How they coaxed these reprogrammed skin cells into becoming heart tissue cells, I'm not sure. But, the principal point, after this coaxing, you have MCP cells.
They (the scientists) then took a decellularized mouse heart (which is a mouse heart with all the cells taken out, leaving a framework for the new cells), and repopulated it with MCP cells.
And, after several weeks, not only was the mouse heart rebuilt, but it was beating forty to fifty times per minute. So, ultimately, in amazing advance, obviously there's still a lot of room to improve, and they have to, because the human heart beats sixty to a hundred times per minute.
But, with one person dying from heart disease, every thirty four seconds, this is a huge, huge deal.
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