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No more death caused by heart attack few years later or it is still a myth?
A group of indian scientists from New Delhi created an artificial heart based on roaches structure of heart. TAH (total artificial heart) was developed due to the 13 chambers of roaches' heart which could easily survive from the cardiac arrest compared to 4 chambers of human heart. The TAH has been successfully tested on frogs and to be scheduled for testing on the goat in May 09. Once the test on animal is completed in a year without a failure, the first Indian TAH could be implanted into a human patient in 3 years time. The TAH will be further modified to become more resilient with metal and plastic. The cost is estimated at 100,000 Indian rupees which is about 30 times cheaper than those available in the market now.
What a wonderful creation for medical contribution! Finally, we might have no reason to admit that roaches are very hardy even the smallest creature on earth has the strongest heart than we have.
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A group of indian scientists from New Delhi created an artificial heart based on roaches structure of heart. TAH (total artificial heart) was developed due to the 13 chambers of roaches' heart which could easily survive from the cardiac arrest compared to 4 chambers of human heart. The TAH has been successfully tested on frogs and to be scheduled for testing on the goat in May 09. Once the test on animal is completed in a year without a failure, the first Indian TAH could be implanted into a human patient in 3 years time. The TAH will be further modified to become more resilient with metal and plastic. The cost is estimated at 100,000 Indian rupees which is about 30 times cheaper than those available in the market now.
What a wonderful creation for medical contribution! Finally, we might have no reason to admit that roaches are very hardy even the smallest creature on earth has the strongest heart than we have.
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