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Children's Hospital Boston

Engineered Tissue Pacemaker Substitute

Caption: Engineered tissue provides an electrical connection between the atria (not shown) and the ventricles (at left). Cardiac cells appear in red and green, and the implanted cells in green alone.

Credit: Courtesy Douglas Cowan, Ph.D., Children's Hospital Boston

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