A partially recellularized human whole-heart cardiac scaffold, reseeded with human cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, being cultured in a bioreactor that delivers a nutrient solution and replicates some of the environmental conditions around a living heart.
CREDIT: Bernhard Jank, MD, Ott Lab, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General
Transhumans will be happy to learn that that they can will promote immortality by growing their own heart replacements. The science of this is exciting on one hand, but lacking thorough ethical discussion on the other.
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