3D Heart Tissue Model for Drug Discovery and Disease Research Modeling

This technology makes it possible to grow tiny, three-dimensional (3D) pieces of human heart tissue, called cardiac spheroids. It models the functions of a real heart and recreates key features of cardiometabolic disease such as insulin resistance and high fat levels. What makes this technology a breakthrough is its ability to reliably produce these 3D human heart tissues at scale. Because the model closely mimics real disease biology, it gives researchers a powerful new tool for discovering drugs and studying how metabolic disorders, like diabetes or high cholesterol, affect the heart.