The virtual heart as a platform for screening drug cardiotoxicity.

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Published in Br J Pharmacol on January 13, 2015

Authors

Yongfeng Yuan1, Xiangyun Bai1, Cunjin Luo1, Kuanquan Wang1, Henggui Zhang1,2

Author Affiliations

1: School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
2: Biological Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

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