pig heart outside body – Gadget Teaser https://www.gadgetteaser.com Tracking the gadget and tech revolution Fri, 15 May 2009 18:32:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 Machine Beats Hearts Without the Bodies https://www.gadgetteaser.com/2009/05/15/machine-beats-hearts-without-the-bodies/ Fri, 15 May 2009 18:21:20 +0000 https://www.gadgetteaser.com/?p=890 Alright, this thing is awesome. Completely and totally mind-blowingly awesome. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a machine that allows a pig’s heart to beat WITHOUT THE BODY. Yes, heart transplants are cool. Yes, medical tech has come a long, long way in last, I dunno, several decades. But this is something yanked […]

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]]> Terminator is about to get real.Alright, this thing is awesome. Completely and totally mind-blowingly awesome. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a machine that allows a pig’s heart to beat WITHOUT THE BODY.

Yes, heart transplants are cool. Yes, medical tech has come a long, long way in last, I dunno, several decades. But this is something yanked straight from the pages of comic books and sci-fi novels. The video below (easily one of the freakiest things I’ve ever seen) has the machine in action, pumping away so researchers can study mitral valve repair.

Source: Medgadget

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