A 75 year old man with acute heart failure was given the first ever artificial heart. He had only a few weeks to days to live before the transplant, however he has only just now died almost four months later, his cause of death not yet determined. These hearts are designed to last about five years and are meant only to keep someone alive long enough so they can get a real and permanent transplant. I think it's great that science is developing to the point where we can do things like create artificial organs in order to save lives.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/first-patient-fitted-with-carmat-artificial-heart-dies-490908?pfrom=home-otherstories
science is the cheater of death. because of science, we have already created the fear of old age. Its never been natural to live long enough to begin losing hair and wrinkling skin. Those traits are caused by these actions. Who knows what horrors will start once artificial life savers are thrown into play?
ReplyDeleteThis is actually really cool! We're able to save more lives now!
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