New deal for old hearts.

New Hearts for Old : The Mechanical Option 1

IBBON, working at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, developed the heart-lung machine and achieved the first successful clinical use in 1953. (1) In less than fifty years, heart surgery has evolved to a point at which the cardiac surgeon can repair a large variety of congenital lesions, and where a series of spare parts is available, including artificial blood vessels, valves, and pacem...

Engineering cardiac muscle: new ways to refurbish old hearts?

Myocardial infarction leads to irreversible cell loss and scar formation, which result in impaired cardiac function, cardiac hypertrophy and, eventually, heart failure. As the intrinsic regenerative capacity of the human heart is very limited, organ transplantation or ventricular assist devices remain the only end-stage therapy options to date. For at least two decades, alternative therapeutic ...

A New Deal for Globalization

Globalization has brought huge overall benefits, but earnings for most U.S. workers -even those with college degrees -have been falling recently; inequality is greater now than at any other time in the last 70 years. Whatever the cause, the result has been a surge in protectionism. To save globalization, policymakers must spread its gains more widely. The best way to do that is by redistributin...

Implementing the New Deal for Fragile States

Leprosy Sufferers Need 'New Deal'