{
  "id": 6308605,
  "title": "Beating 'mini-heart' derived from patient's blood cells offers personalized disease model",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/beating-mini-heart-derived-from-patients-blood-cells-offers",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-08T18:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-mini-heart-derived-patient-blood.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (The Institute) have created a three-dimensional, beating heart-on-a-chip, or \"mini-heart,\" using blood cells from a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a leading cause of heart transplantation. The new model could help researchers better understand the mechanisms underlying DCM, accelerate the evaluation of new…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}