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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2016
Clemson University Research Foundation, Clemson, SC (US);
Musc Foundation for Research Development, Charleston, SC (US);
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Ying Mei, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Tan Yu, Charleston, SC (US);
Dylan Richards, Charleston, SC (US);
Donald R. Menick, Isle of Palms, SC (US);
Bozhi Tian, Chicago, IL (US);
Clemson University Research Foundation, Clemson, SC (US);
MUSC Foundation for Research Development, Charleston, SC (US);
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Described herein are tissues containing semiconductor nanomaterials. In some embodiments, the tissues include vascular cells, cardiomyocytes, and/or cardiac fibroblasts. The tissue may be scaffold-free. In some embodiments, the tissue includes an electrically conductive network. The tissue may exhibit synchronized electrical signal propagation within the tissue. In some embodiments, the tissue exhibits increased functional assembly of cardiac cells and/or increased cardiac specific functions compared to a cardiac tissue prepared using a conventional tissue culture method. Methods of preparing and using such tissues are also described herein.