Rabbit heart gets full electrode jacket
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By embedding sensors in a thin sheath of silicon, scientists have created a jacket that can slip around a rabbit's heart and measure how specific regions of the organ react to temperature changes, low blood flow and other types of stress.
Rogers et al./Nature Comm. 2014