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Walk normally with an artificial heart
Medicine - Health

Walk normally with an artificial heart

While waiting for a heart transplant, a man in California (USA) still walks normally with an artificial heart in his chest.

December 14, 2018
Opportunity to create artificial hearts for people
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Opportunity to create artificial hearts for people

The body of Medusoid, the name of a jellyfish, was made of silicon thanks to the efforts of the California Institute of Technology and Harvard University in the United S…

December 14, 2018
Create human heart from stem cells
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Create human heart from stem cells

Stem cell researchers in Hong Kong and the United States are trying to develop replacement parts for people with stem cell heart disease within the next five years.

December 14, 2018
Living by plastic heart
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Living by plastic heart

Surgeons at the Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire, I just put in Matthew Green's chest, an artificial plastic heart.

December 14, 2018
Living for nearly 4 months without heart
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Living for nearly 4 months without heart

D'Zhana Simmons, 14 years old in Miami state (USA), lived 118 days without a heart. Instead, she was fitted with an artificial blood pumping device.

December 14, 2018
Producing artificial heart with aviation technology
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Producing artificial heart with aviation technology

French scientists have applied the technology of manufacturing satellites and airplanes to create an artificial version of the heart capable of responding promptly to th…

December 14, 2018
FDA allows the use of artificial hearts
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FDA allows the use of artificial hearts

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just turned on the green light for the use of fully artificial heart transplant. This allows patients with severe heart fai…

December 14, 2018