Scientists are on the brink of creating a bionic heart to replace transplants. — -- Scientists at the Texas Heart Institute say the perfect bionic heart is within their reach, but it doesn't beat ...

A bionic heart has emerged from the research labs at the Heart Institute in Houston, Texas. The heart is being developed by a team by the name of BiVACOR, and was originally conceived by Daniel Timms, ...

In September 2007, Verna Schrombeck gathered three of her six children -- those who could bear it -- to discuss her funeral arrangements. She had been given just months to live and was about to ...

FOR eight long months, Gold Coaster Bec Craven wore a mechanical heart in her chest. Then one night it stopped working and the alarm sounded ... literally. Waking, disoriented and with the ringing in ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- As the geriatric population is expected to balloon in the coming decade, so too will rates of heart disease in the United States. The demand for prosthetic heart valves and other ...

A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the heart's naturally irregular beat is set to be trialled in New Zealand heart patients this year. A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the ...

Scientists at the Texas Heart Institute (THI) suggest that BiVACOR, a private company, is on the verge of developing a bionic heart that does not beat. The BiVACOR device could be the first ...

FOR eight long months, Bec Craven wore a mechanical heart in her chest. Then one night it stopped and the alarm sounded ... literally. Waking, disoriented and with the ringing in her ears, her heart ...

A bionic pancreas is being developed by doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston University, with the goal of winning FDA approval. If it succeeds, this will likely be the first bionic ...