JUL 01, 2014

Abertay scientists grow miniature human hearts to cure disease

WRITTEN BY: Robert Woodard


Miniature human hearts that beat of their own accord are being grown by scientists at Abertay University.

They have been developed specifically to find a cure for heart hypertrophy -- a form of heart disease that can lead to sudden death.

Here, Professors Nikolai Zhelev and Jim Bown explain what they have been doing.