Comments on: TransMedics: Transplanting a Beating Heart

By: Transhumanism: Hopeful or dystopic? Artists explore. The Art of Transhumanism | Singularity Hub « David F. Cooper

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:15:29 +0000

[...] wombs? Not so far-fetched. We already have the ability to keep donor hearts pumping externally with nutrient-rich oxygenated blood before transplants are performed. That’s [...]

By: The Art of Transhumanism | Singularity Hub

The Art of Transhumanism | Singularity Hub — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:59:32 +0000

[...] wombs? Not so far-fetched. We already have the ability to keep donor hearts pumping externally with nutrient-rich oxygenated blood before transplants are performed. That’s [...]

By: Harvard Can Preserve Organs for 10 Days, Restarts Heart Outside Body | Singularity Hub

Sat, 08 May 2010 20:12:41 +0000

[...] closer to augmenting the time hearts stay fresh outside the body. We’ve already seen how TransMedics can keep a heart beating for 12 hours inside a machine, and they are moving forward with tens of millions in funding. Somah, however, could potentially [...]

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Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:20:10 +0000

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By: The AbioCor Artificial Heart: Plastic and Metal Mimics Real Life Function | Singularity Hub

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:25:47 +0000

[...] = ‘singularityhub’; Earlier on Singularity Hub, we took a detailed look into the magic of heart replacement surgery (and even growing hearts with stem cells). It’s a great way to tack on a few extra years to [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:14:20 +0000

What rock have you been hiding under? Ed McMahon died. There’s your ‘rule of threes’

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:14:00 +0000

What rock have you been hiding under? Ed McMahon died. There’s your ‘rule of threes’

By: Capissen

Capissen — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:47:18 +0000

“Perhaps one day the technology will exist to keep hearts beating and healthy outside of the body indefinitely…”

Or, y’know, keep them beating and healthy *inside* the body indefinitely. I’m just saying…

By: Capissen

Capissen — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:47:00 +0000

“Perhaps one day the technology will exist to keep hearts beating and healthy outside of the body indefinitely…”

Or, y’know, keep them beating and healthy *inside* the body indefinitely. I’m just saying…

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:03:56 +0000

Yuk!

Congratulations… but Yuk!

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:03:00 +0000

Yuk!

Congratulations… but Yuk!

By: Stanton

Stanton — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:34:25 +0000

My mother…. who has had four open heart surgeries (and is as far as I know to date) is the world’s longest living heart patent, (having her first open heart by Dr. Cooley in Nov of 1961) will undoubtedly have something to say when I send this to her in her email. Sadly though, she’s not a candidate to have another open heart surgery.

By: Stanton

Stanton — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:34:00 +0000

By: Raelifin

Raelifin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:54:35 +0000

Reminds me of the lungs in a dome. (http://singularityhub.com/2009/04/23/donated-lungs-breathing-outside-the-body-video/)

What’s next? Kidneys in a pyramid?

By: Raelifin

Raelifin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:54:00 +0000

Reminds me of the lungs in a dome. (http://singularityhub.com/2009/04/23/donated-lungs-breathing-outside-the-body-video/)

What’s next? Kidneys in a pyramid?