Engineers create delicate sensor to monitor heart cells with minimal disruption
Date | 1st, Jan 2019 |
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Source | ScienceDaily - General News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
For the first time, engineers have demonstrated an electronic device to closely monitor beating heart cells without affecting their behavior. A collaboration between the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Women's Medical University and RIKEN in Japan produced a functional sample of heart cells with a soft nanomesh sensor in direct contact with the tissue. This device could aid study of other cells, organs and medicines. It also paves the way for future embedded medical devices.