ResearchRSSMay 12
‘Heart-on-a-chip’ project to help researchers study BMD, DMD
Researchers in Spain are getting €247,000 in funding to build a 'heart-on-a-chip' — a tiny lab model that grows heart cells in a 3D structure. This tool will help scientists understand how Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy damage the heart. The project could lead to better treatments for these muscle-weakening diseases.
WHY IT MATTERSHeart problems are a major cause of death in DMD and BMD patients, so understanding how these diseases affect the heart could lead to therapies that extend and improve lives for people with these conditions.