Scientists create a breakthrough when they invent a way to turn the spinach leaves into the heart tissues. Building a network of blood vessels is an easy task now.
Researchers all over the world are trying to develop heart tissues with almost all the alternative options. Previously they used the 3D printing to rebuild the network of the blood vessels but failed. The new discovery may help the scientists to turn the veins of the spinach leaves into the human tissues.
The new breakthrough must help to deliver blood into the new tissue through the vascular system, The Telegraph reported. Previously, researchers created some artificial human tissues, but it didn't satisfy the actual requirement of the heart tissue. Most of the times, a good amount of human tissue is required to treat an injury. The new discovery about the spinach leaves may fulfill that requirement.
The heart attack is a common problem and every year many people suffer from this disease. Now the new process gives the opportunity to create healthy heart muscle to treat the heart patients who are prone to face a major problem. In a word, new, fresh and active heart tissue from the spinach leaves can save many lives. The abstract of the study is currently available through the Science Direct, though the details will be present in the online journal Biomaterials in May.
Authors of the research study reveal the different approach of plant and animal to transport important materials, like chemical and fluids. But, interestingly a similarity is present between them regarding the vascular network structure and this helps the researchers develop heart tissue from spinach leaves. The scientists of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute penned the similarity between the plant and animal.
The research team has invented a unique way to build an artificial heart. They take the plant cells from the spinach leaves and send fluids and microbeads through the spinach vessels. After this, the researchers "seeded" the used human cells that lined the vessels into it. The researchers have finally succeeded to recreate the heart tissue.
The nature of the human civilization is to maintain an endless effort to create something new to avail the all over development. The current discovery of the heart tissue on the spinach leaves is a symbol of that effort. Now scientists will approach for another new destination of a success story.
