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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