 By the end of this year men and women in Europe and America could be walking about, leading practically normal lives with a grapefruit-sized electric heart replacing their diseased hearts - and no wires to give the show away. Already, in five hospitals across America, 50 critically ill heart patients are being monitored to assess whether they are suitable candidates for the revolutionary self-contained electric heart . More than other development so far,observers believe it is a major step towards the mythical bionic man.
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