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Re:Maglev Heart Could Keep Cardiac Patients Alive by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday August 22, 2019 @12:18PM (#20769684)
I think you're right - that would be a miracle. I don't think we have the tech right now to use the sugar in such a way.
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Re:Maglev Heart Could Keep Cardiac Patients Alive by wittenator on Thursday August 22, 2019 @12:26PM (#20769747)
That's not entirely true. There are fuel cells which work by oxidizing blood. I can imagine that they are not efficient enough at this point, but it's a start.
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Re:Maglev Heart Could Keep Cardiac Patients Alive by ars on Thursday August 22, 2019 @01:02PM (#20770186)
Wouldn't it be easier to use ATP instead of Sugar?
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Re:Maglev Heart Could Keep Cardiac Patients Alive by jxcl on Thursday August 22, 2019 @01:43PM (#20770590)
You would need somewhere to generate the ATP. ATP doesn't flow around in our blood, but is generated inside cells for their own use.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_transport_chain

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