The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz yearned for one, but a mechanical heart has also been the dream of surgeons for many years. With the increasing burden of heart disease and a chronic shortage of donor organs, it is cheering to think that science could design a prosthetic organ capable of reproducing the essential functions of the body’s main pump.
Scientists develop artificial heart that beats like the real thing - The Times 28th October 2008
First fully artificial heart ready for human trials ‘within two and a half years’ - Daily Mail 28th October 2008
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