The Jarvik-7 artificial heart, made of aluminum and plastic, was implanted in 1982 in a retired Des Moines, Wash., dentist, Barney Clark. He lived for 112 days.

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Retired Australian swimming star James Magnussen—a former world champion who won three Olympic medals—had said publicly in ...

Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and the Royal Veterinary College of London have worked together on a pioneering project worldwide to generate 3D reconstructions of the hearts of different animals and ...

In a medical first, a man in Australia survived 100 days with no biological heart—only a titanium device pumping blood through his body. This isn’t science fiction—it’s the reality of cutting-edge ...

A soft robotic sleeve made of silicone could help a human heart keep beating ... that could mean a beating heart without the blood clotting complications of the current mechanical heart pumps ...

Diseases of the heart and surrounding blood ... years without signs of failure. While the Australian man’s 100-day trial was the longest recorded use of the titanium heart in a human, the ...

Study: Weight loss-independent changes in human ... levels without hemoconcentration, which suggests an improvement in oxygen-carrying capacity and may help reduce the risk of heart failure.