NewScientist has an article about biological alternatives to pacemakers.

 

"Genetically-engineered heart cells may be able to replace the electronic pacemakers that hundreds of thousands of cardiac patients have transplanted each year, suggests a new study in guinea-pigs."

 

Full article available here.

 

Journal reference: Nature (vol 419, p132)

Thanks blike,

My ticker is bad and I have a "Reveal II" loop recorder in my chest.

It records bad spells of arythmia. I'd rather not get a pacemaker in the future but it looks like I may not be able to wait.

Technology just ain't fast enough for some of us old farts.

My Dad road a bus to a dentist in the '40s and had his tonsils removed. Then he took the bus back home. We have come a long ways.

Just aman