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episode 717: 17 April, 2019 – Episode 717 – Keeping Science Alive!
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First Heart?
Bioprinting is full of promise for future medical needs, and that future might be rapidly on its way. Researchers in regenerative engineering in Tel Aviv have successfully bioprinted the world’s first 3-dimensional, vascularized human heart using a patient’s cells. The only problems are that it is only about as big as a rabbit’s heart, and the cells don’t beat together like they should.
Only Mostly Dead!
Yale researchers report keeping pig brains alive several hours after decapitation the the jou...