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Signals from within

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A regenerative cardiac patch with integrated freestanding electrodes allows the electrical stimulation and recording of cardiomyocyte growth and activity, with on-demand drug delivery.

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Figure 1: An illustration of patch fabrication.
Figure 2: Patch morphology and application.

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  1. Milica Radisic is in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, and the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,

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