French Try Plane Technology in Artificial Heart

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In the race to build a better artificial heart, French scientists have turned to technology from satellites and airplanes to create a heart that they say responds better to the human body. So far, the new device, shown at a news conference in Paris on Monday, has only been tested in animals. Its makers hope it might one day help people survive without needing a human heart transplant.

The maker of this artificial heart is a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic and Space Defense Company (EADS), but this isn't a matter of fluid dynamics

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The Artificial Heart: Not Just a Pump

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In the late 1970's, both the medical community and the public were filled with optimism about the possibilities of medical science in general and the artificial heart project in particular. By the 1980's, the pendulum had swung the other way completely. This article is a colorful and well-written treatment of what happened in between to cause this change ...and what is happening now to bring it back.

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