The world's first case! The self-healing artificial heart has been successfully developed, and the freedom of "heart replacement" is expected to be realized?

Recently, Zhejiang University published a paper on flexible hydraulic pumps in Nature Communications, claiming to have developed the world's first self-healing "machine heart". This means that if the human body is equipped with this kind of "machine heart", even if the heart is damaged due to some accident, it can repair the damaged part through self-sensing and help the human body to work normally.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the publication of this paper has aroused the enthusiasm of the majority of netizens: If this research and development can be applied, will the global shortage of "heart" resources be solved?

1. The self-healing machine heart test is successful, and the rich may be able to change their hearts freely

According to statistics, at least 26 million people worldwide have serious heart problems every year, and most of these people need a healthy heart to prolong their lives. However, only more than 5,000 people can perform heart replacement surgery every year, and the shortage of healthy heart resources has become the most difficult problem.

The Zhejiang University's self-healing research and development experiment on "machine heart" will likely achieve a breakthrough in heart problems.

According to the introduction of Zou Jun, the author of the paper, the world's first flexible electro-hydraulic pump that can heal itself through its own liquid is inspired by the spider's unique bio-hydraulic system.

Inspired by this, the hydraulic pump has improved the electrically responsive dielectric liquid pumped by the flexible electro-hydraulic pump of the structure at the core, and added tung oil liquid, so that the electrically responsive dielectric liquid can be transformed into a kind of repairing damaged silicone shell. Self-healing liquid, thus realizing the dual function of liquid pumping and self-healing.

This research not only provides a new solution for the silent drive and self-repair of the hydraulic system, which is expected to greatly improve the environmental adaptive ability of the hydraulic system, but also provides a new technical idea for solving the "heart source" problem that is in short supply for human beings.

However, in the current situation, even if this "self-healing robotic heart" technology can be developed and implemented, its treatment price will be very expensive.

For example, the wealthy who have undergone surgery to replace their hearts 6 times, such as the oil tycoon "David Rockefeller", may no longer need to worry about the problem that the heart stops beating at any time.

At that time, ordinary people had no money for medical treatment, but the rich might be able to achieve the freedom to "change their hearts".

2. Physical replacement is not the only "longevity technique", and technological research is diversifying

But this kind of heart replacement technology research is not the only way for human lifespan, scientists have also discovered other ways. For example, the exploration of "brain-computer interface".

Brain-computer interface, that is, in order to form a rapid interconnection between the human brain and the computer, an interface with computer equipment is set up on the human brain. This is like a USB interface, allowing the brain and other computer devices to communicate and store information.

Musk's neuron technology company Neuralink recently showed the latest progress in "brain-computer interface" research: after implanting a brain chip in a monkey's brain, the monkey can control the computer to play games through the mind!

Musk said: With the deepening of research, this product will be used in the medical field in the future to help the human body receive the transmission of cell information in problems, so as to achieve early treatment of human diseases.

Similarly, in the research of micro-robots, the Harbin Institute of Technology Micro-Nano Technology Research Center has also achieved a breakthrough in nano-robot technology. For the first time, they have realized the "targeted" treatment of glioma in mice by relying on micro-nano robot technology.

The professor of Harbin Institute of Technology said: In the future, micro-nano robots can not only be used in the treatment of mouse glial tumors, but also in the medical field of unblocking blocked blood vessels and repairing mitochondria.

In addition, at the molecular level of biological cells, researchers have also made breakthroughs in the research on cell intervention.

In the process of cellular and molecular research, scientists have found that human death is closely related to cellular aging. By analyzing young human mitochondria, it was found that the existence of mito mitochondrial substances can ensure the high efficiency of mitochondrial production capacity, which made Japan's Boaozhen company see the hope of research and development, and launched the main anti-aging biogen.

This micro-element supplement between medicines and nutritional products improves and repairs the mitochondria of the user, provides sufficient energy for cells, and makes life go further.

It is with this scientific research concept that Biogen has been able to take the lead in the market in developed countries, and in less than a year, it has swept the wealthy classes in various countries. Especially the middle-aged and elderly groups in Japan with rich pensions, when biogen launched the Japanese Mitsui, Baiyue and other shopping malls, they swarmed together to buy in groups, which is not crazy.

Although various studies on human lifespan have moved towards a diversified direction, many technologies are still in the experimental stage, and the updated concept still needs to be achieved by scientists through practice.

It is believed that, no matter the change of physical technology, the application of nanomachines, or the research and development of material elements, these diversified researches are slowly but surely entering our field of vision.

3. In the era of the big explosion of biotechnology, the prospects for the continuation of human life are infinite

Since ancient times, the pursuit of longer life has been an eternal topic of human beings. For more than two thousand years, with the improvement of production level and the advancement of medical technology, the average life expectancy of human beings has increased from more than 20 years old to 70-80 years old in the 21st century.

It can be seen that although the extension of human lifespan is limited by many factors, the overall development is constantly improving. Since the Industrial Revolution, human lifespan has leaped three times in 200 years. However, due to objective factors, these three overall lifespan leaps are still within 100 years of age, and when it comes to longer lifespans, there is still no major breakthrough.

However, in today's age of explosion of biological science, with the development of more advanced robotic hearts, the maturity of micro-nano machines, and new breakthroughs in mitochondrial intervention technology, anti-aging technology is moving towards diversification.

The success of Japan's biogen is the result of diversified research. This proves that with the blessing of science and technology in the future, the growth of human lifespan may usher in a new leap beyond a hundred years old.

As predicted by Google futurist Ray Kurzweil: Thanks to the development of science and technology, human lifespan can be extended by one year with each passing year. At that time, human lifespan will no longer be calculated by the date of birth to the time of being alive, but instead, the lifespan of human beings will be extended each year by more than the time that has been passed.