Can a computer react to medications?

Scientists in Tokyo have developed a three-dimensional computer model that simulates 640,000 of the muscle cells of a beating heart. By making use of this modeling technology, in the future it should be possible to test the effect of new drugs on the heart. This means that the need for animal testing could become a thing of the past. The model can realistically simulate the dosage at which a drug begins threatening to upset the rhythm of a patient’s heart.

2-3 BILLION MUSCLE CELLS IN EACH HEART