Her life was saved by a heart transplant. Many others with Down syndrome don't get the same chance
People with Down syndrome are denied organ transplants. Charlotte Woodward received one and she wants others to have the same ...
'I'm working on my wave already:' Scot Pollard named 500 Festival Parade grand marshal
Pollard, who recently received a new heart, was surprised with the honor at a fundraiser Saturday for he and his wife's ...
A Long Island first: Queens man gets heart, kidney and liver transplant at North Shore University Hospital
"It's like a second opportunity at life, to do things better than before," transplant recipient Sergio Arias Cestoni told ...
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Australian Man Makes History by Living With a Titanium Heart for More Than 100 Days Before Receiving a Transplant
The man, who was in his 40s and suffering from severe heart failure, was also the first person to leave the hospital with a ...
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Could titanium hearts be a solution to a global heart donor shortage?
An Australian man lived with a titanium artificial heart for more than 100 days before receiving a real heart.
Musician Neneh Cherry and medic Rachel Clarke are among finalists for a major nonfiction prize
A moving memoir by Swedish singer Neneh Cherry and the gripping story of a heart transplant by British doctor Rachel Clarke ...
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Emory team takes heart disease research to the International Space Station
Chunhui Xu and her team leveraged the ISS National Laboratory ® for cardiac cell research to accelerate the development of cell-based regenerative therapies that could one day reverse heart damage.