NIH funds WPI study aimed at engineering more natural and durable replacement heart valves

(Worcester Polytechnic Institute) With a $450,000, three-year award from the National Institutes of Health, a team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute led by Kristen Billiar, Ph.D., professor of biomedical engineering, will analyze how mechanical forces and cellular growth factors affect the growth and development of human heart valves to advance the long-term goal of developing a new class of tissue-engineered heart valves that are more natural and longer-lasting than current replacement valves.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news