Freeze-dried heart valve scaffolds hold promise for heart valve replacement

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 09:30 in Biology & Nature

The biological scaffold that gives structure to a heart valve after its cellular material has been removed can be freeze-dried and stored for later use as a tissue-engineered replacement valve to treat a failing heart, as described in a new article.

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