Nanotubes help healing hearts keep the beat

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 05:32 in Health & Medicine

Patches to heal pediatric heart defects are improved when infused with carbon nanotubes, researchers report. The nanotubes serve as bridges for cell-to-cell electrical signals and help cells in the patches beat in sync with surrounding heart muscle.

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