11 Facts About the Human Body You’ll Wish You Could Forget

#2 The Heart


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The heart really is an amazing organ. The key part of our circulatory system. And now it is possible to keep a heart beating so that it can be transplanted to a new host. Normally a heart can only last 4-6 hours outside the body and must be transplanted as soon as possible, but with this new technology it could last long enough to be transplanted to a patient living many miles away.