Mouse Heart Cells on Graphene (VIDEO)

University of California - San Diego

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Mouse heart cells grown on graphene beat at a rate controlled by light stimulation (as indicated by a green circle at top left corner). Here, the cells are also engineered to produce a red fluorescent protein when stimulated by green light.

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