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How a โ€˜Chinese heartโ€™ could get US blood pumping despite biotech decoupling

A โ€œChinese heartโ€ could be helping to save lives in the United States despite efforts to decouple the two countriesโ€™ biotechnology sectors as a result of rising political tensions. The fully magnetically levitated pump, which is slightly bigger than a table tennis ball, has been fitted to more than 100 patients with advanced heart failure across the United States as part of a nationwide clinical trial. The BrioVAD is a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) that helps pump oxygen-rich blood to...