Louise Hecker: Crash course in cardiovascular tissue engineering and heart regeneration

Mortalities resulting from cardiovascular disease remain high, with an urgent need to develop novel treatment modalities. Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering combines the principles of medical, life sciences, and engineering fields toward the development of biological substitutes to restore, maintain, or improve cardiac tissue function. I will introduce and explore cardiac tissue engineering and heart regeneration using various 3-dimensional bioengineered muscle models.