This Monster Helped Save 4.5 Million Lives | How Science Fiction Inspired Science

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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein may be a tale of terror, but it also may have been the spark of inspiration for a medical device keeping more than 4.5 million people on this planet alive.
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This Monster Helped Save 4.5 Million Lives | How Science Fiction Inspired Science
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