Experts hope that the discovery of the "pacemaker gene" could lead to new drug treatments to avoid heart attacks and disease.

专家希望“起搏器基因”的发现能够引导防止心脏病和心脏病发作的新药物疗法。

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However, a device called a brain pacemaker implanted in the brain stem can send electrical impulses to specific parts of the brain, like a regular pacemaker does in the heart.

尽管如此，一种植入脑干被称为脑起搏器的装置能够像有规律的起搏器作用于心脏那样，将电脉冲送入大脑的具体部位。

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Improved batteries also led to a beefed-up version of a pacemaker that could restart the heart, and correct irregular or dangerously fast heartbeats, when necessary.

电池得到改善，心律调整器的功能也得到加强，具有心脏起搏，矫正紊乱或过快心律的功能。

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Dr Amin Karami told a meeting of the American Heart Association that pacemaker batteries needed to be replaced approximately every seven years.

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Their team showed that the device could generate 18 times the amount of energy needed to power a pacemaker using a normal heart beat, according to Dr. Karami.

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