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Artificial heart developed in Australia

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It all began with the concept of an artificial heart using pipes bought from a local Bunnings hardware store. Now an Australian engineer's ambitious design is set to be tested on humans with life-changing potential for the hundreds of thousands impacted by cardiac failure.
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