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Breakthrough: World's Smallest Pacemaker Is The Size of a Rice Grain


Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving.

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