New injectable hydrogel encourages regeneration and improves functionality after a heart attack

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 16:00 in Health & Medicine

Bioengineers have demonstrated in a study in pigs that a new injectable hydrogel can repair damage from heart attacks, help the heart grow new tissue and blood vessels, and get the heart moving closer to how a healthy heart should.

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