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Artificial heart tested in humans

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Artificial heart, created by Professor Alain Carpentier French, experience in patients three Parisian hospitals, reports Medical Xpress. Body is made of synthetic materials and biological tissues and should operate without interruption for five years. Cardiovascular surgeon Alain Carpentier (Alain Carpentier) is known as the creator of the most sought after heart valve. The result of his 15-year career was the artificial heart , created in conjunction with engineers at Astrium, a manufacturer of satellites. Artificial organ consists of 900 items. He has two divisions, separated by a partition from animal tissues. In the body embedded sensors that determine what kind of load at the moment a person experiences. This information is transmitted to a miniature computer, which, in turn, instructs the pump to pump blood faster or slower depending on the circumstances. Thus regulating blood pressure and blood oxygen level of the patient, depending on his level of activity. A separate...

Uncompromised Benefits of Stem Cells

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The stem cell saga seems to be popularized at this point in time - with testimonials from prominent people admitting on TV and online news portals that they've gone through the process for various reasons and quite satisfied with the results. Stem cells are actually from the body's master cells that are extracted and processed for their curing capabilities that are found to be effective even in treating several chronic diseases. These cells can be found in some adult cells particularly from embryos and amniotic fluid. Adult stem cells are more flexible to be processed to create similar type of embryonic cells. Body tissues have rare substance cells but they normally generate new essential cells. The newly formed cells split into stem cells called self-renewed cells and specialized cells. Specialized cells are compatible with the cells in the brain, heart, blood and bone. They are capable of repairing damaged tissues and impaired body organs when infused. The following a...