From Mirror.co.uk (Jan. 23, 2020):
The world's first soft robotic heart is in development which could clear NHS transplant waiting lists.
The “hybrid heart” will be the first ever made of soft artificial muscles and sensors and then coated in human tissue grown in a lab.
A pioneering Dutch surgeon is working in partnership with the British Heart Foundation to transplant it in to the first person in 2028.
The team behind it claim it could end the need for transplants from dead humans and save thousands who die while on organ donor waiting lists globally.
Prof Jolanda Kluin, of the University of Amsterdam, said: “The only treatment for end stage heart failure is replacement. [source]
That’s good. I hope the robotic heart isn’t hackable though.
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