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 ...

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 14 (UPI) --Scientists at Tel Aviv University created a bionic heart patch that combines organic and electronic parts that could allow doctors to monitor patients' heart ...

Scientists at the Texas Heart Institute are working to develop a bionic heart that they say may be the first feasible commercial replacement for the human heart. The device, which is being built by ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Six and a half years ago, Drake Foster thought he was in good health. "I was 21 years old, living a 21-year-old's life," Foster said. "I was pretty fit, did a manual labor job, and one ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...