Opportunity to create artificial hearts for people

Scientists in the United States use silicon and mouse heart cells to create swimming jellyfish.

Thanks to the contraction of muscles, silicon jellyfish has
Can move in conductive solution. (Photo: Harvard University)

The body of Medusoid , the name of a jellyfish, was made of silicon thanks to the efforts of the California Institute of Technology and Harvard University in the United States. The team implanted rat heart muscle cells into the Medusoid body so they could develop muscle wall. Medusoid is released into a solution capable of conducting electricity. When electricity flows through the solution, the heart muscle contracts, making the jellyfish body move, Telegraph reported.

Jellyfish swim in the water thanks to the contraction of a muscle organization. That means they move through a process of contraction like a human heart.

Janna Nawroth, the lead researcher, said that many scientists have tried to create animals by copying tissues and body parts. However, they don't care about the function of the things they want to copy. In addition, they have not thought of replacing complex parts, like the heart, with simpler things.

Nawroth and colleagues' achievements can set the stage for the future of the heart and other organs for humans.