A Second Person Has Received a Pig Kidney Transplant
The second person ever has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney.
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 ...
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Surgeons Perform Second Pig Kidney Transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital
A team at Massachusetts General Hospital led by Harvard Medical School physician-scientists has for the second time ...
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Pets & Animals: Don’t skip distemper vaccination
A case of canine distemper last month in Sudbury prompts a bit of advice and outreach from local veterinarian, Dr. Courtney ...
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Bioactive Natural Compounds and Their Role in Oxidative Stress in Animals
Oxidative stress, an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the ability to neutralize them ...
Biophysics research illuminates the beginnings of animal development
Most animals, including humans, have bilateral symmetry, which means our bodies are pretty symmetrical. At least on the ...
Certain animal navigation abilities found to operate at or near quantum limit of magnetic field detection
A pair of physicists at the University of Crete has found that some types of biological magnetoreceptors used by various ...
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Illuminating the beginnings of animal development
New biophysics research at the University of Miami adds to our knowledge about the origins of left-right asymmetry in the body.
She's a medical miracle. Could her animal transplant success be just the beginning?
Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an ...
Rashes shaped like animals that appear on skin you need to keep an eye on
Spider mites appear as rashes caused by issues with the skin’s arterioles. These are small arteries that supply blood and ...
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Los Angeles wildfires create animal crisis with full shelters, ill pets: How you can help
The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control and Los Angeles Animal Services are both urging the public to foster if they can. The Los Angeles Animal Services said its six shelters ...
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Borrowing nature's blueprint: How scientists replicated bone marrow
Researchers have developed a platform that emulates human bone marrow's native environment. This breakthrough addresses a critical need in medical science, as animal studies often fail to fully ...