All news on the topic: Heart transplants

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'Hearts can be taken from dead bodies and kept in machines to boost transplants'
The technique was pioneered at the Royal Papworth hospital in Cambridge - and could boost the number of available hearts for transplants by as much as 30%
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'At 17 I went to doctors with cough and ended up needing a new heart'
Sports-mad Ed Burdge, 17, had no idea there was something wrong with his heart but ended up needing an urgent transplant after a cough turned out to be something more sinister
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Mum living in hospital for a year while she waits for life-saving operation
Jenna Williams, 38, from Bargoed in Wales, has been living at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham while she waits for a vital heart operation
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'Donor heart number 5 saved my life - I didn't get my hopes up until transplant'
Over a two-month period, four potential replacement hearts became available for Jack Pepper, only to be ruled out at the last minute as unsuitable following routine checks
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'I'm planning my son's funeral while he's alive – but we've got one last hope'
After her baby boy Louis fell ill and suffered severe damage to his heart, mum Jade Jones is desperately hoping for an organ transplant to save her one-year-old's life
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Toddler desperately needs heart transplant after catching common cold
Evie Green is in hospital waiting for a heart transplant and will not be able to find until a child donor is found. Mum Chloe said the waiting list is long and there is no guarantee of a perfect match
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'Gene therapy found to wind hearts back 10 years and protect people from ageing'
Scientists in Bristol have experimented with the therapy on mice and found it effectively rewound their hearts by the equivalent of 10 human years - soon they hope to use it on heart failure patients
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Tot in desperate need of new heart sent message of hope from survivor's family
Three-year-old Evie Green was left fighting for life after an ordinary cold turned into rare myocarditis – inflammation of the heart tissue – when she was just four months old
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Death fears for Emmerdale's Sarah as teen rushed to A&E after exposing secret
Emmerdale spoilers have now teased how Sarah is again at risk next week, just as Chloe’s secret of her one night stand with Mackenzie is coming out
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