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Lab-created heart valves can grow with the recipient – Science Daily
Groundbreaking discovery could potentially reduce multiple pediatric heart valve replacement surgeries.
A groundbreaking new study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers from both the College of Science and Engineering and the Medical School shows for the first time that lab-created heart valves implanted in young lambs for a year were capable of growth within the recipient. The valves also showed reduced calcification and improved blood flow function compared to animal-derived valves currently used when tested in the same growing lamb model.If confirmed in humans, these new heart…
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