HN Summary
• Living Heart Tissue Created with Custom 3D Printer
Researchers at the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI), St. Paul’s Hospital, developed an in-house 3D printer that produces living human heart tissue from patient-derived stem cells. This enables highly consistent, reproducible tissue samples that mimic real human heart behavior.
• Advancing Drug Testing and Precision Medicine
The 3D-printed heart tissue allows for faster, cheaper, and more accurate testing of new treatments, serving as a “clinical trial in a dish.” Researchers can test drugs on tissue genetically identical to individual patients, improving…
