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“Tissue Velcro” could patch damaged organs

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In the not-too-distant future, patients with damaged hearts or livers might receive tissue patches grown in a lab. This week, researchers announced an important development toward that goal: A biodegradable scaffold that allows strips of beating heart tissue to snap together like Velcro.
via Gizmodo

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  1. So save those old shoes with medical-style velcro on them, you might need a patch-up. Etsy’s not looking so pricey anymore, is it?

    I was sure this was going to be about the double-stranded RNA signal pathway, and not people who don’t put fillets…well, it’s not machined fillets, but medallions d’coeur…on RTM objects.

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