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"Months to Live" - 3-Year-Old's Artificial Heart Is Failing

Refael's temporary artificial heart can only keep him alive for a few more months. Without an urgent transplant in Houston, his parents will lose him forever.

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Cutting-edge technology saves young man's heart

Meidan Schwartzman was just 33 when he was told he needed a pacemaker. Then a miracle occurred...

Two months later: Man who received pig heart transplant dies

David Bennett, the first person to receive transplant using a pig's heart, lived for two months before his condition deteriorated.

US surgeons implant pig heart in human

US surgeons successfully implant heart from genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man.

3D human heart simulation for treatment, diagnosis, prevention

Simulation enables scientific and medical community to identify innovative procedures to improve treatment in faster and more focused ways.

New from the Jewish brain: A brain-on-chip

Groundbreaking Israeli scientist who developed a liver-on-chip says he will have a brain- and heart-on chip ready by 2018.

Former US VP Dick Cheney Survives Heart Transplant

Former American Vice President Dick Cheney underwent heart transplant surgery on Saturday, but does not know the donor.