Hearts For Sale
A group of scientists from all of Europe invented a new heart that is almost exactly the same as a normal, healthy heart. But this idea is not new. The scientists have been planning this for over 15 years, but only now they’ve got it working. With this prototype, they are going to try and save 20,000 patients around Europe as a test for the heart. Since donors are so short, this is a great time for the new heart. Heart Foundation said: Peter Weissburg of the British Heart Foundation says, "This is the latest attempt to engineer an artificial heart that will do the heart's job effectively without any dangerous side effects.” However, the heart does have a flaw: its battery can only last 16 hours. Charging the battery means putting a cable inside the human body every time the battery dies which is 21 times in two weeks and over 500 times a year. And charging isn’t the most comfortable thing in the world, having a cable go into your “heart”. But this is only a prototype; the beginning to the complete heart.
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A group of scientists from all of Europe invented a new heart that is almost exactly the same as a normal, healthy heart. But this idea is not new. The scientists have been planning this for over fifteen years, but only now they’ve got it working. With this prototype, they are going to try and save 20,000 patients around Europe as a test for the heart. Since donors are so short, this is a great time for the new heart. Peter Weissburg of the British Heart Foundation says, "This is the latest attempt to engineer an artificial heart that will do the heart's job effectively without any dangerous side effects.” However, the heart does have a flaw: its battery can only last 16 hours. Charging the battery means putting a cable inside the human body every time the battery dies. This could be a problem since it is needed 21 times in two weeks and over 500 times a year. Charging isn’t the most comfortable thing in the world, having a cable go into your “heart," but this is only a prototype; the beginning to the complete heart.
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