The ‘heart-attack on a chip device’ could be used to treat cardiovascular diseases
Researchers hope to test new heart medication using the device and study heart attacks.
Researchers developed a device which can simulate aspects of a cardiac arrest. They hope to use the device in order to test and develop new heart medications. The tool was created by a team of researchers from the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, in the U.S. They call it a \”heart-attack on a chip.\”
The study was published by Science Advances.
Simulating a heart attack can help you better understand the symptoms.
The device simulates key components of an attack on the heart, or myocardial ischemia, in a structured, practical system. Researchers hope that it could one day be used to test new heart drugs.
This allows us to better understand the changes in the heart after a cardiac arrest. Megan McCain is an associate professor in biomedical engineering, stem cell biology, and regenerative medicines. She said that from there, she and others could develop and test drugs to limit the further degradation that can occur following a heartattack. She developed the device in collaboration with Megan Rexius Hall, a postdoctoral research fellow.
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https://interestingengineering.com/health/heart-attack-chip-device-could-lead-treatments-cardiovascular
