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An Amazing Artist From Iceland: Asgeir - NPR Tiny Desk Concert

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus10/24/2014 9:21:08 am PDT

So, then, is this how the zombie apocalypse starts?

In a First, ‘Dead’ Hearts Transplanted Into Living Patients in Australia

In a breakthrough, a team of doctors, including an Indian-origin surgeon, on Friday said they have successfully performed the world’s first heart transplant in Australia using a “dead heart”, a major development that could save many lives.

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Until now, transplant units have relied solely on still-beating donor hearts from brain-dead patients.

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The first patient who received a heart Michelle Gribilas said she felt a decade younger and was now a “different person”.

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The novel technique used in Sydney involved taking a heart that had stopped beating and reviving it in a machine known as a “heart-in-a-box”.

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