Saturday, December 22, 2012

Scientists use a virus to create a natural pacemaker inside the heart


Normally, a pacemaker is a little artificial device implanted into the body in order to keep the heartbeat regulated. However, scientists managed to create something of a “natural artificial” pacemaker, by injecting a genetically modified virus into the heart of a guinea pig which able to turn a portion of the heart into a pacemaker. [...]


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