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Spinach nanoparticles help failing rat hearts via photosynthesis
Researchers in China have successfully tested a novel method to assist failing rat hearts by utilizing energy-making machinery extracted from spinach leaves. This approach attempts to introduce borrowed photosynthesis into struggling heart cells. A spinach leaf naturally converts light into chemical energy, a capability that failing heart tissue lacks. By bringing this plant-based mechanism into animal heart cells, scientists hope to give overworked hearts a much-needed energy boost.