China News Service, Beijing, June 29 (Reporter Sun Zifa) Springer Nature’s professional academic journal "Nature-Biotechnology" recently published two research papers saying that researchers use biotechnology to develop absorbable and temporary , A pacemaker without batteries
Researchers from Northwestern University in the United States have developed a fully implanted, thin and lightweight pacemaker for postoperative control of heart rate and heart rhythm
The flexibility of the newly developed pacemaker material allows the device to fit the curved surface of the heart and adapt to its movement
The author of the paper said that such advances in this field will provide a safer solution for patients who need temporary postoperative pacing technology, and can help patients who need temporary support to maintain their heart rate to recover from cardiac surgery
The corresponding author of the second paper, James Collins of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (James Collins) and his colleagues have produced a set of wearable, freeze-dried, cell-free synthetic biological sensors using CRISPR technology
Their research shows that the performance of these wearable sensors is consistent with laboratory test results that are regarded as the gold standard, and can be embedded in flexible substrates such as silicone rubber and silicon fabric for real-time and dynamic monitoring of target pathogen exposure
The author of the paper believes that the successful embedding of synthetic biological sensors in wearable fabrics is the first step to create multifunctional smart clothing, which is expected to achieve a wider range of applications such as biomedicine
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