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Gold nanowires to mend a heart

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Incorporating gold nanowires into porous alginate scaffolds can improve the conductivity of engineered heart patches made from these materials.

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Figure 1: Symbolic drawing of a gold-wired cage representing a heart containing gold nanowires.

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  1. Marisa E. Jaconi is in the Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland,

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