New organs hope as scientists use cells to grow beating heart - The Guardian 14th January 2008

Scientists have grown a whole beating heart in the laboratory, bringing the goal of growing replacement organs for humans a step closer. About 22 million people around the world live with the threat of heart failure and there is a global shortage of replacement tissue. While there have previously been advances in growing heart tissue in the lab, growing three-dimensional organs has been difficult.

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