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Stanford University Aims to Bioprint a Human Heart and Implant It In a Pig

by admin | Oct 3, 2023 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Stanford University Aims to Bioprint a Human Heart and Implant It In a Pig

by CardioVascular Learning Network

Under a new $26.3 million federal contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a multidisciplinary team of researchers at Stanford University aims to bioprint a fully functioning human heart and implant it in a living pig within five years.

Image caption: A 3D bioprinter in the Skylar-Scott lab prints a sample of heart tissue in 2022. (Image credit: Andrew Brodhead)

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