Ben Leslie, a fifth year bioengineering student at the University of Pittsburgh, works on tissue engineering artificial pulmonary heart valves on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 at the lab in the University of Pittsburgh’s and UPMC’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in the Pittsburgh Technology Center.

Ben Leslie, a fifth year bioengineering student at the University of Pittsburgh, uses an electro spinning machine for tissue engineering artificial pulmonary heart valves on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 at the lab in the University of Pittsburgh’s and UPMC’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in the Pittsburgh Technology Center.

Ben Leslie, a fifth year bioengineering student at the University of Pittsburgh, works on tissue engineering artificial pulmonary heart valves on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 at the lab in the University of Pittsburgh’s and UPMC’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in the Pittsburgh Technology Center.

Ben Leslie shows examples of artificial pulmonary heart valves on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 at the lab in the University of Pittsburgh’s and UPMC’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in the Pittsburgh Technology Center. Leslie is involved in bioengineering research for regenerative heart valves - improvements over mechanical heart valves which require replacement and blood thinners.

Ben Leslie shows examples of artificial pulmonary heart valves, one for adults, and a smaller one for pediatric patients, on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 at the lab in the University of Pittsburgh’s and UPMC’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in the Pittsburgh Technology Center. Leslie is involved in bioengineering research for regenerative heart valves - improvements over mechanical heart valves that require replacement and blood thinners.

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