Taiya has too much to live for
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Support the next breakthrough in heart research
All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible. Our minimum donation amount is $5 due to the cost of processing transactions.
When doctors told Taiya that her heart was failing, she knew she had to keep fighting.
When doctors told Taiya that her heart was failing, she knew she had to keep fighting.
Two years ago, Taiya went into cardiogenic shock. Her husband and family prepared to say goodbye.
But against all expectations, Taiya survived.
With the ongoing care of her doctors and treatments shaped by years of medical research, Taiya worked to rebuild her strength, one small step at a time.
Taiya has been given a second chance – she’s now eligible for a heart transplant. All she can do now is wait.
But her heart is functioning at only 40%. Taiya still needs ongoing support to improve her quality of life.
People like Taiya living with heart failure need your support to help keep heart research moving.
Scientia Associate Professor Thanh Nho Do and his team are developing a groundbreaking robotic heart assistant. This technology aims to provide another solution for people while on the transplant waitlist, giving them more strength to live life while they wait.
This is the groundbreaking robotic heart assistant.
This is the groundbreaking robotic heart assistant.
Made from silicon tubes that are filled with fluid, it wraps around the heart like a sleeve.
A miniature controller, implanted just below the skin, reads the heart’s natural rhythm and synchronises the assistant — expanding and contracting to support the heart muscle.
Research like this has the potential to help more people like Taiya living with heart failure.
"My husband and family prepared to say goodbye. But I had plans"
Your gift can help support people with heart failure.
Her wedding anniversary was just eight days away, and she was determined to be there for it. Thanks to treatment and medication informed by years of research, she was able to celebrate another anniversary with her husband.
Taiya knows that more research is needed to help more hearts like hers, and the research road from the laboratory to the hospital is long. But Taiya is determined to help ensure that people who face heart failure in the future can have access to life-changing technology like the robotic heart assistant – so they can plan for their future with confidence.
Your gift can help support more people like Taiya living with heart failure.
More breakthroughs are already in progress
The robotic heart assistant is just one of the breakthroughs your support helps make possible. Here’s what else you can help fund for people like Taiya:
Doctor Mark Allenby and his team are researching how to detect a rare but life‑threatening transplant complication earlier. Spotting it sooner could give doctors time to act — and help save more lives.
Professor David McGiffin is working on ways to give donor hearts an “energy boost” before transplant. By strengthening the heart before surgery, this could help reduce complications and improve recovery for patients.
Dr Yiling Situ is developing safer ways to monitor transplant patients without invasive procedures. Using advanced imaging and blood tests, this could help detect problems earlier and reduce the need for repeated biopsies.
Give now and your gift can help:
Give now and your gift can help:
Support research for clinical trials
Give health professionals access to the latest guidelines for preventing, diagnosing and treating heart disease
Support groundbreaking research into treatments for heart disease
Fund research to improve recovery and survival following a cardiac emergency
Help make heart disease history
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Our work is over 80% donor funded, relying on the generosity of people who believe that research is the only way to make heart disease history.
We know that new technologies take years to perfect. While these breakthroughs may not arrive in time for Taiya’s own journey, she is choosing to spend her time raising money for others.
Taiya hopes that by supporting heart research, more people with heart disease can have better outcomes.