Australian innovation repairs holes in the heart

 02-Apr-15, The Sydney Morning Herald

For 10 years researchers at Admedus worked day and night trying to work out how to improve soft tissue repair in the human body.

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And with the vital help of CSIRO they have been able to develop CardioCel, a life-saving heart patch for the repair and reconstruction of cardiovascular defects.

According to the Children's Heart Foundation, congenital heart disease occurs in one out of 100 births and in at least half of those cases surgery is required and a patch is needed. They state it is the leading cause of birth defect related deaths.

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