How do you mend a broken heart? If you’re lovesick, time or distance might do the trick. If your heart is actually damaged, however, bioengineered protein scaffolds are a much better choice. Adam Feinberg and his team use biomaterial inspired by embryonic cells to help regenerate and repair heart muscles, along with improving wound healing in general. The Carnegie Mellon engineering professor is one of 81 researchers nationwide to be awarded a five-year, $2.25 million National Institutes of Health award to “pursue visionary science that exhibits the potential to transform scientific fields.”
—Janet Jay (DC’07)

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