Spinach Turned into Human Heart Tissue

Spinach Turned into Human Heart Tissue
AP Photo/Lisa Rathke

Scientists have found a way to use spinach to build working human heart muscle, potentially solving a long-standing problem in efforts to repair damaged organs.

Their study, published this month by the journal Biomaterials, offers a new way to grow a vascular system, which has been a roadblock for tissue engineering.

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