Researchers Create New Rat Heart in Lab
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Researchers cautioned that the dream of growing new human hearts, if it is ever realized, remains years away.
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Scientists have created a mouse that can catch a  cold - raising hopes of developing new ways to treat asthma.
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Scientists may have discovered a way of patching injured hearts with manufactured tissue swatches that carry the same properties as actual cardiac tissue.
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported yesterday that by using cells harvested from rats, they have grown dime-size swatches of
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A new class of anti-aging drugs in rats prevents disease, and death comes on suddenly without a clear cause.
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Rat cells grown onto microscopic silicon chips worked as tiny robots, perhaps a first step toward a self-assembling device, researchers working in the United States reported on Sunday.
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The stripped-out shell of a heart has been made to work again - using brand new cells planted inside it.
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A molecule that promotes the growth of the young heart shows promise as a treatment for heart attack in animal studies and is being readied for human trials, researchers report.
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Rats that were "born to run" not only outpaced their less-talented cousins but also were naturally less prone to heart disease, a finding that may help explain why exercise prevents heart death, researchers said on Thursday.
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Researchers at MIT have used rat cells to grow dime-sized swatches of heart tissue that twitch like a beating heart when an electrical current passes through them.
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Scientists have cultured small pieces of heart tissue which beat in the same way as the whole organ. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology team hope the work will lead to new ways of repairing heart damage.
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Stem cells taken from muscle tissue can be used to build new blood vessels for transplants, researchers reported on Friday.
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Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States are close to mending broken hearts. They have managed to create a small swatch of heart tissue that displays many of the hallmarks
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Stem cells have been used to save mice embryos from a lethal heart defect.
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A nutritious cocktail helped human embryonic stem cells thrive and repair the damaged hearts of rats, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
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Researchers use bypass technique to restore movement in paralysed rats
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A protein produced by the heart during its development could be used to repair heart attack damage, research suggests. University of Texas scientists worked on mice, but hope their findings will eventually lead to new treatment for heart disease.