A mechanical pacemaker beats them all

Scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute have trained cardiac cells to beat using mechanical stimuli that do not come into contact with the cells.  The cardiac cells continued to beat over an hour after the mechanical stimulus ceased.  It could lead to development of more effective pacemakers.

http://www.israel21c.org/building-a-better-pacemaker-by-training-cardiac-cells-to-beat/

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