Breakthrough: World's Smallest Pacemaker Is The Size of a Rice Grain
Smaller than a grain of rice, this new pacemaker could transform cardiac medicine. (John A. Rogers)
Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving.
While still years away from being tested in humans, the wireless pacemaker was hailed as a "transformative breakthrough" that could spur advances in other areas of medicine.
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