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'In 10 years we will be able to grow a heart' | Uk News | News | Telegraph
Topic: Technology 10:54 am EDT, Apr  4, 2007

Thousands of people with heart disease could have new, healthy organs grown in laboratories within 10 years.

In 2003 almost 10,000 people needed surgery to replace heart valves with artificial ones
The breakthrough was a significant step on the way to growing whole new organs, including hearts

A team of British scientists has succeeded in making stem cells develop into simple tissue structures that work like human heart valves.

'In 10 years we will be able to grow a heart' | Uk News | News | Telegraph



 
 
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