who would otherwise that these training nurses have come to be inspired by dr barnard work by looking at the first six hearts he transplanted some see the vital organ as the center of our emotions others as a pump but it's only understood as well as it is because of dr barnard and his team tanya page out zero cape town they'll get plenty more to watch and read on our website al-jazeera dot com. the top stories on all jazeera the u.a.e. has denied it's been hit by a cruise missile fired by who see rebels the armed group fighting in yemen made the claim on sunday movies television service says they were good targeting the nuclear reactor which is under construction in the west of the abu dhabi emirate u.s. president donald trump says he didn't ask the former f.b.i. director james comey to stop investigating former national security adviser michael flynn in a tweet blamed fake news for covering what he called comi slice komi testified before congress in june that trump had spoken to him about letting flynn go flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. in december about his contacts

years since the world's first successful heart transplant the operation was carried out by dr christian barnard at his hospital in cape town the transplant technique had first been used on a dog in the u.s. a decade before dr banner ads was the first human to human transplant during the operation it was the heart of a twenty five year old woman that was given to a fifty three year old man so it was successful but the patient louis which can ski died of pneumonia eighteen days later his new heart function normally but the anti rejection drugs weekend his immune system is there to the development of better transplant drugs and dr barnard went on to perform more procedures by the late seventy's many of his patients were living up to five years with their new first transplant operation is still generating groundbreaking technology and ideas as well today as tanya paige reports. crotty scale hospital is home to a museum dedicated to the world's first heart transplant it happened in this room under the steady hand of dr christiane barnard who died in two thousand and one the surgery has barely change

who would otherwise that these training nurses have come to be inspired by dr barnard work by looking at the first six hearts he transplanted some see the vital organ as the center of our emotions others as a pump but it's only understood as well as it is because of dr barnard and his teen tiny a page out zero cape town. with. well heart transplants have become increasingly common sense that first one back in one nine hundred sixty seven just one year later more than one hundred transplants were performed and now there are nearly four thousand around the world every yet most of them in the u.s. even still more people are waiting for hearts than ever before in the u.k. the number has more than doubled from ninety five in two thousand and eight to two hundred and forty nine this year and the supply of organ donations has been nowhere near able to meet this growing demand. well that's bring an odd guest now and in oxford we have dr steven west of a professor at roll brompton hospital imperial college in london the tale of a gilbert's assistant professor at wake forest beyond his medical

same to all of our emotions others as a pump but it's only understood as well as it is because of dr barnard and his team tanya page out zero cape town. exactly twenty five years ago human communication changed forever in the u.k. a software engineer uses computer to send the first ever text message to a mobile phone mail papworth sent a text to the then there rector of vodafone with just two words merry christmas by two thousand and twelve u.k. users were sending one hundred fifty one billion text messages every day internet based applications like what's up and messenger are now overtaking s.m.s. but the service revolutionized technology language and how we communicate all to talk about it in more detail let's speak to your trouble professor of psychology at pace university where she also runs the digital media and psychology lab she joins us now over skype from new york madame thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera so how would you say that the invention of the text message and everything that it spawned so i mean what's up in a way being a glorified text message how would yo

years to the day since the world's a first successful heart transplant it was carried out by dr christian barnard at a hospital in cape town well the transplant technique had already been used on a dog in the u.s. a decade before but dr bernards was the first human to human transplant the operation gave a heart from a twenty five year old woman to a fifty three year old man the spited success the patient to lewis washington skied died of pneumonia eighteen days later the anti-rejection drugs had weakened his immune system but is new hard functioned normally until his this and that led to the development of better transplant drugs by the late one nine hundred seventy s. many of dr bernards patients were living up to five years with their new hearts. on that first heart transplant operation is still generating groundbreaking ideas today as tanya page now reports. crotty scale hospital is home to a museum dedicated to the world's first heart transplant it happened in this room under the steady hand of dr christiane barnard who died in two thousand and one the surgery has barely changed in fifty year

the center of our emotions others as a pump but it's only understood as well as it is because of dr barnard and his team tanya page are just there at cape town. if you want to get more on that story and the others out there a dot com is the address. to take you through some of the headlines now here on al-jazeera both the rebels in yemen say they fired a cruise missile towards the united arab emirates the u.a.e. is denying its territories been targeted ran meanwhile which has been backing the who is calling on the rebels and the ousted president ali abdullah saleh to rican sile former allies started fighting on wednesday both democratic and republican politicians are warning u.s. president donald trump against his constant tweeting talking about the investigation into alleged russian meddling in last year's election could land him in trouble one of trump's latest tweets attack calling the organization the worst in history residents in the honduran capital because the gulp are preparing for more protests following the disputed presidential election country's military isn't forcing a nationwi

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the center of our emotions others as a pump but it's only understood as well as it is because of dr barnard and his teen tiny a page out cape town. sport coming up on the news hour and we'll see how small pollution is here the top level cricket match in india and the with that and the rest. december on al-jazeera we look back at twenty seventeen through the eyes of five families have been affected by some of the big stories of the year in an increasingly polarized world people in power sheds light on the darkest abuses of authority ten days of comprehensive coverage about nuclear arsenals around the globe and the impact they have on the diplomatic stage a special program dedicated to this year's nobel peace prize laureates i can and their pursuit of a nuclear weapon free world and we look ahead to the big stories that could dominate the headlines in twenty eighteen. december on al-jazeera. it is twenty five years since the first text message was sent to a foreign service revolutionize not only how we communicate but modern language and technology as well will bring in takes a look back. twe

who would otherwise that these trainee nurses have come to be inspired by dr barnard work by looking at the first six hearts he transplanted some see the vital organ as the center of our emotions others as a pump but it's only understood as well as it is because of dr barnard and his team tiny a page out there at cape town. now the nobel peace prize ceremony will be held in the norwegian capital also on december tenth picking up the award is the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons or i can the groups dedicated to creating a world without nuclear weapons now looking at the nuclear status of countries worldwide in the days leading up to the ceremony russia has for example the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in this concern isn't doing enough to reduce the size of its arsenal rory chalons reports from moscow. of all the nuclear states in the world russia has the most weapons roughly seven thousand strategic nuclear warheads one thousand five hundred are on missiles ready to be fired from military bases four thousand five hundred stockpiles two thousand five hundred re

the center of our emotions others as a pump but it's only understood as well as it is because of dr barnard and his teeny tiny a page out just cape town. just trying to recover headlines here in our. rebels say they fired a cruise missile towards united arab emirates the group's television service says they were targeting the al but i knew clear reactor in the west of the i would be emirate the u.a.e. is denying the claim he is part of the side led coalition that's been fighting in yemen the day earlier ousted yemeni president ali abdullah saleh called for talks between his supporters the rebels and the saudi led coalition and current president heidi held an emergency meeting in the saudi capital riyadh on saturday at least forty people have been killed in the past few days in battles between the and fighters loyal to. the united states has pulled out of a united nations pact designed to improve the handling of refugees and migrants worldwide it says the plan is inconsistent with the policies of the united states then a dollar from the international organization for migration is disappointe

years since the world's first successful heart transplant the operation was carried out by dr christiane barnard at a hospital in cape town south africa where transplant technique had first been used on a dog in the u.s. a decade before dr bernard was the first human to human transplant during the operation the heart from a twenty five year old woman who was given to a fifty three year old man despite its success the patient louis where can ski died of pneumonia eighteen days later his new heart function normally until his death but the anti rejection drugs weakened his immune system this led to the development of better transplant drugs dr bernard went on to perform more procedures by the late one nine hundred seventy s. many of his patients were living up to five years with their new hearts. that first heart transplant operation still generating groundbreaking ideas today turn your page reports. brought to scale hospital is home to a museum dedicated to the world's first heart transplant it happened in this room under the steady hand of dr christiane who died in two thousand and one the surger