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Nature Materials 7, 932–933 (1 December 2008) | doi:10.1038/nmat2328

Tissue engineering: Polymers flex their muscles

Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann

Heart disease is not only one of the most common causes of death in the western world but is fast becoming the leading global health threat of the twenty-first century. Indeed, it has been considered more malignant than most cancers.