Myocardial Tissue Engineering
Researchers are
currently working to develop tissue constructs that could be utilized
to repair congenital heart defects and to recover function lost
to myocardial infarction. The general approach involves optimizing
the combination of precursor cells with synthetic scaffolds and
culturing methods to achieve the functionality required for the
given application. The research team working on this project includes
cardiothoracic surgeons, bioengineers, polymer chemists, cell
biologists and electrophysiologists.
