This Artificial Heart 'Patch' Can Repair You After A Heart Attack

Scientists at Duke University have created a fully-functioning artificial heart muscle that can actually be patched over the damage caused by a heart attack.This beating ‘patch’ then acts like a giant living plaster and is able to beat just like a healthy muscle and can even receive the electronic instructions sent to the rest of the heart.It is a remarkable step forward in how we treat patients who have suffered a heart attack.The heart, very helpfully, is one of the few organs that