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A heartbeat’s machinery becomes visible to the eye

Scientists devise a molecule to illuminate the cardiac cells behind the organ’s reliable rhythm.
Three images of a tissue-cleared heart showing near-infrared signal in yellow on a black background

The cardiac conduction system (yellow) in a mouse’s heart can be visualized with a marker that combines an antibody and a fluorescent dye. Credit: W. R. Goodyer et al./J. Clin. Invest. (CC BY 4.0)

Researchers have developed a molecule that could help to map — and potentially mend — the hard-to-see cells that keep the heart beating1.

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Nature 609, 12 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02249-y

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  1. Goodyer, W. R. et al. J. Clin. Invest. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI156955 (2022).

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