Cardiac Tissue Engineering: a heart out of the Petri dish
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Cardiac Tissue Engineering: a heart out of the Petri dish

Interview with Dr. Markus Krane, Deputy Director of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Head of the Department of Experimental Research, German Heart Center Munich

23/09/2019

Image: Dr. Markus Krane; Copyright: Deutsches Herzzentrum München

Dr. Markus Krane, Deputy Director of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Head of the Department of Experimental Research at German Heart Center Munich

Image: Man with mouthguard and laboratory glasses holding Petri dish up; Copyright: panthermedia.net/kasto

A heart from a Petri dish – that is the great hope for patients waiting for a donor heart.

Image: Woman with protective clothing in the laboratory at the microscope; Copyright: panthermedia.net/alexraths

Before cardiac tissue engineering can actually be applied clinically, a number of hurdles still have to be overcome.

Image: Elena Blume; Copyright: P. Schmitz