Cardiac patches rely on gold nanowires to keep patients alive

You can never quite tell when a heart attack is going to happen – there rarely are any symptoms available, although you can definitely do your part in minimizing the risk by eating right, sleeping well, managing your stress and getting enough exercise. For those who have experienced heart attacks, chances are they'd do anything to recover from the ordeal well – and perhaps a team of researchers at MIT and the Children's Hospital Boston has crafted a new method to increase the chances of post-heart attack survival.

Ubergizmo, Cardiac patches rely on gold nanowires to keep patients alive