Transplanted hearts kept viable longer between donor and recipient, thanks to new technology

In early January last year, Alex Moroianu had her last normal day.

Life was pretty good. She was working her first full-time job as a management consultant in Perth, while finishing off a research paper based on her masters in astrophysics, studying black holes and neutron stars.

She went out that night with her boyfriend and some friends, dancing until 3am. But the next day she could barely walk, wracked with pain and nausea. It wasn't just a hangover.

"From that day, it . . .