That’s not the case for all of us, I’m reminded, as I look inside a cardboard box containing around 20 plastic hearts—each a ...

Now, a heart simulator that replicates the complicated movements and functions of a real human heart has been created. The ...

The device, developed by medical technology company BiVACOR, is a titanium blood-pumper designed to fully replace the function of a failing human heart. The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart (TAH ...

These replica hearts, which are smaller than a grain of rice, have blood vessels and all the cell types that are usually found in the human heart. They even beat like the real thing. Researchers ...

It all takes place inside a computer, where the test can be replicated across thousands of other hearts - all AI-simulated versions of a real human heart. Human and animal trials, on the other ...