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A new biomaterial heals heart attack damage in animals. Humans could be next

The treatment, delivered through IV, could go to human clinical trials soon

A photo of clear liquid inside of a glass beaker sitting on a scale.

A new biomaterial, pictured in a University of California, San Diego laboratory, can be injected through the veins to heal tissue after a heart attack.

David Baillot/University of California, San Diego

By Allison Gasparini

- More than 2 years ago

A new biomaterial delivered to the heart soon after a heart attack can heal damaged tissue from the inside out.