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Spinach nanoparticles help failing rat hearts via 'borrowed photosynthesis'

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.

Phys.org ScienceOctober 11, 20261 min read
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Spinach nanoparticles help failing rat hearts via 'borrowed photosynthesis'

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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