• Question: I also am wondering about the heart is it possible for a person with heart deisese to be cured with someone elses heart?

    Asked by diddycoy to Mike on 15 Jun 2011.
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      Mike Dodd answered on 15 Jun 2011:


      Hey Diddycoy, You can have a heart transplant, where you take a heart from someone that has died and replace the diseased heart. This normally “cures” you. Although if you had heart disease because you ate too much junk food or drank too much, it could still return. The only problem is rejecting, which I talked about earlier. If you stay on immunosuppressant drugs, you should be able to live a good life after a heart transplant. Thanks for the heart questions, it’s really good talking about your area of science 🙂

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