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Harvard Scientists Invented a ‘Biohybrid’ Fish With a Human Heart

Mad Science

And it might actually help us save children from heart disease in the future.

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Michael Rosnach, Keel Yong Lee, Sung-Jin Park, Kevin Kit Parker

Here’s your dose of weird science for today: Harvard University researchers have invented a new “biohybrid” fish that uses human heart cells to emulate the physics of a pumping heart to autonomously swim.

Yes, it all sounds a bit Frankensteinian, but it’s all in the service of life-changing research.

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