Building a smart cardiac patch

Posted by on June 27, 2016 4:49 pm
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Researchers have created nanoscale electronic scaffolds that can be seeded with cardiac cells to produce a ‘bionic’ cardiac patch. Once implanted, the bionic patch could act similarly to a pacemaker — delivering electrical shocks to correct arrhythmia, but the possibilities don’t end there, say researchers.

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