He was not even 7 pounds, with a head full of vibrant red hair. A piece of my heart started beating outside my body that day. I've never felt more joy and more vulnerable. The boy still has a mop of ...

A baby who was born with her heart outside her body in October is defying the odds ... You can see video of the girl's heart beating outside of her chest in this Texas Children's Hospital video.

When a heart is taken out of a person, provided it is kept under the very conditions that it needs to be transplanted, it will continue to beat. Why is that? Scientists think new research has ...

The simple, constant rhythm of a beating heart is a reassuring sign of life ... but replicating it in a laboratory setting outside of the body has been a challenge. Even though technical advances have ...

The boy had been diagnosed with strep A , which caused his body to go into sepsis and ... year-old boy is lucky to be alive after his heart stopped beating for at least 14 hours before it ...

In the future, patients can look forward to a quicker recovery post-transplant, as well as better access to donor hearts when ...

He was not even 7 pounds, with a head full of vibrant red hair. A piece of my heart started beating outside my body that day. I've never felt more joy and more vulnerable. The boy still has a mop ...