Experimental transplants with organs from gene-edited pigs see major steps forward
On Friday, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that a 66-year-old New Hampshire man had successfully received ...
A Second Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant
The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.
Researchers found a spoon's worth of nanoplastics in human brains — the latest evidence that plastic is accumulating in our bodies
Researchers studied samples of human brains and found high levels of microplastics, but it's unclear how they slip past the ...
Brain tissue may contain higher amounts of microplastics than other organs: Study
A new study found that the brain may contain higher levels of microplastics, equivalent to the amount found in a standard ...
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Boston Surgeons Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney in Fourth Patient
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S.&nb ...
Our brains are filling with more and more microplastics, study shows
A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into our brains, and that their concentrations are rising.
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New method for detecting inflammation could revolutionize disease diagnosis
Nearly every disease has an inflammatory component, but blood tests can't pinpoint inflammation in specific organs or tissues in the human body.
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Argentine Congressman Javier Milei favors trade of human organs
Argentine Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei said he was in favor of the sale of human organs ... with another person's body? The person who decided to sell you the organ, in what way did ...
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Experimental transplants with organs from gene-edited pigs see major steps forward
As with a human donor kidney, he’ll need to take medications for the rest of his life to keep his body from rejecting ... For patients like Andrews, this new organ holds a promise he never ...