http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news/Man-made-heart-tissue-improves-cardiac-performance-2868-1/
This article mentions that researchers and professors have developed a newly and revolutionary method to build up blood vessels within the tissue of artificial man-made heart muscle. Experiments and trials have resulted in significant improvement in heart function. Since there are more and more people suffer from heart disease, it is necessary to develop a method to solve the problem. In this study, the researchers were successful in raising the amount of vascularization throughout the implanted sections. Further, the tissue engineered remained viable even after the implantation period that still maintaining cardiac’s function.
However, there is something we must alert. Although the man-made cardiac tissues are succeed in improving the function, it challenges the moral standard that the boundary between mechanical and physical product. It is no doubt that the boundary becomes more blurred when compared with the past. In contrast, does it mean that we can give up moral standard when facing difficulties? Since the society improved from time to time, the technology does help us a lot in solving daily problems. It can be said that technology facilitates and improves human standard of living. At the same time, it also challenges some traditional thoughts. As the result, the invention of cyborg is a effective solution to help us dealing with the boundary. The difference between human and robot is no longer controversial issue and ground for a break through to further development.
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