Virus Rebuilds Heart's Own Pacemaker In Animal Tests

Virus Rebuilds Heart's Own Pacemaker In Animal Tests 45

Posted by timothy on Monday December 17, 2012 @05:37AM from the old-ways-is-best-ways dept.

hugheseyau writes "A new pacemaker has been built inside a heart by converting beating muscle into cells which can organise the organ's rhythm, U.S. researchers report. Scientists injected a genetically-modified virus into guinea pigs to turn part of their heart into a new, working pacemaker."

Virus Rebuilds Heart's Own Pacemaker In Animal Tests

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I for one (Score:2, Funny)

by alendit ( 1454311 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2012 @06:01AM (#42312425)

welcome our virus-enhanced guinea pig overlords!

Re:how if someone with this virus dying? (Score:5, Funny)

by ArsenneLupin ( 766289 ) writes: on Monday December 17, 2012 @06:30AM (#42312505)

No, he will just turn into a zombie. And, as everybody knows, zombies feel no pain.

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