Scientists just turned spinach into a hearth muscle
Leaves like spinach use veins to transport water and nutrients
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Stripped of plant cells, these vegetable arteries can also carry human blood
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Growing human tissue requires constant, circulating blood to stay healthy
And the spinach acts just like capillaries for growing tissue
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Plants veins could help patients grow healthy tissue over wounds
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Unlike organ transplants, plant structure aren't rejected by the body
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Soon, spinach could let cardiovascular patients self heal when the heart stops working
References:
- https://www.wpi.edu/news/wpi-team-grows-heart-tissue-spinach-leaves