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‘HEART ATTACK ON A CHIP’ COULD UNLOCK NEW CARDIAC TREATMENTS

Patients recovering from a cardiac event could one day have more effective treatments, thanks to a new medical device dubbed a ‘heart attack on a chip’.

The device, designed by scientists from the University of

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