History of Heart Transplants

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    End of 19th century

    Advanced suturing techniques allow for organ transplant experiments in labs.
  • Xenographic vs. Autographic

    By this time, experiments showed that xenographic transplants always failed, while autographic ones were successful.
  • Organs are kept alive outside the body

    Organs are kept alive outside the body
    The French surgeon Alexis Carrell won a Noble Prize in Medicine for his blood vessel suturing techniques that allowed this to occur.