Supercomputing Drug Screening For Deadly Heart Arrhythmias

Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 15:00 in Health & Medicine

Death from sudden cardiac arrest makes headlines when it strikes athletes. But it also causes the most deaths by natural causes in the U.S., estimated at 325,000 per year. According to the Cleveland Clinic, the heart’s bioelectrical system goes haywire during arrest. The malfunction can send heartbeats racing out of control, cutting off blood to the body […]

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