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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. Millions of people acros...

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