Artificial jellyfish pumps like a heart

Monday, July 23, 2012 - 20:00 in Health & Medicine

Bioengineers have used the heart cells of a rat and silicone to build an artificial jellyfish whose movements mimic the rhythmic pumping of the heart muscle and could help drug makers improve cardiac function.

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