Hydrogel injection may change the way the heart muscle heals after a heart attack

CÚRAM publishes new research on the potential of injectable hydrogels to repair heart muscle damage after a heart attack

Researchers at CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices based at NUI Galway, and BIOFORGE Lab, at the University of Valladolid in Spain, have developed an injectable hydrogel that could help repair and prevent further damage to the heart muscle after a heart attack. The results of their research have just been published in the prestigious journal Science Translational Medicine.