A “heart in a box”. It sounds like an ad for Valentine’s Day chocolates. But this box contains an actual human heart which is pumping outside its original body, enabling the gift of life from one person to another. Thanks to research led by Professor Peter Macdonald, co-head of the Transplantation Research Laboratory at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute – a special solution of nutrients alongside the ground-breaking "Heart in a Box" will transform heart transplantation globally. Learn more about this remarkable medical innovation here.

 

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