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Science Friday: Living Band Aid Beats Like a Heart

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Jordan Lancaster and Steven Goldman, researchers from the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration and the University of Arizona, put rat heart cells on a piece of synthetic mesh and within a few days, it started beating. The hope is that down the road the patch of cells could be used to treat damaged hearts.

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conditions and illnesses of the heart, damaged hearts, heart damage, science and technology, scientific investigation, living band-aid beats like a heart, science friday
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