One step ahead towards the artificial heart An artificial heart would be an absolute lifesaver for people with cardiac failure. However, to recreate the complex organ in the labora... Read more
ETH researchers from the Functional Materials Laboratory have developed a silicone heart that beats almost like a human heart. In collaboration with colleagues from the Product Dev... Read more
“3-D heart models and performance of virtual heart implantations are no longer the inventions of science fiction” Some firsts in the history of artificial heart implantation... Read more
The first Carmat bioprosthetic artificial heart to ever be implanted in a human Last Wednesday in Paris, a 75 year-old man received an artificial heart. That in itself might not be... Read more
A team of bioengineers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is the first to report creating artificial heart tissue that closely mimics the functions of natural heart tissue... Read more
This fuel cell technology could have implications beyond the medical industry A research team, lead by Dr. Serge Cosner, from Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble has creat... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A new approach to tiny fuel cells implanted in rats enables the devices to generate electricity for months using sugar in the rodents’ bodies The advent o... Read more
