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Science Friday: Growing a Bioartificial Heart

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Scientists describe how they rebuilt a dead rat's heart by cleaning it and then injecting cells from a newborn rat into the heart structure that remained. The result was a functioning heart. Aired Jan. 18, 2008. [12:29] Links to a two-minute video showing the heart being grown.

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artificial heart, growing a heart, tissue engineering, growing a bioartificial heart, science friday, heart research
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