Breakthrough in bid to grow blood vessels in the lab which could revolutionise heart attack and stroke treatment

Scientists are a step closer to making ‘off the shelf’ veins and arteries which could revolutionise treatment for heart attacks and strokes.
A team at Cambridge University has managed to grow all three main types of cells which make up the walls of a blood vessel.
They say the breakthrough could help create blood vessels in the laboratory for surgeons simply to implant into patients , as an alternative to heart bypass treatment and stenting .
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