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5 ideas for streamlining the way we test pharmaceuticals5 ideas for streamlining the way we test pharmaceuticals

Posted By Kate Torgovnick

TED Fellow Nina Tandon has engineered human heart tissue in the lab — that actually beats. Though it may sound like a plot from a science fiction universe, someday, surgeons could use this tissue in the same way that mechanics use spare parts in cars. But there is another potential use for this lab-created tissue […]