WorldPingSpinach nanoparticles help failing rat hearts via 'borrowed photosynthesis'
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A spinach leaf can turn light into chemical energy.
A struggling heart cannot.
Researchers in China have brought part of the leaf's energy-making machinery into rat heart cells to test whether borrowed photosynthesis could help an overworked heart.
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- Reported by Phys.org and published Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:40:01 UTC.
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