Mary Kathryn Sewell-Loftin

  • Vanderbilt University

    Baby hearts need rhythm to develop correctly

      Microphotograph of a chick embryo clearly shows the U-shaped tube from which the heart develops. At this stage of heart is the size of a comma on a printed page. (M.K. Sewell-Loftin / Vanderbilt) To develop correctly, baby hearts need rhythm…even before they have blood to pump. “We… Read More

    Feb. 19, 2014