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LAURAN NEERGAARD

LAURAN NEERGAARD

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FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure

U.S. researchers are about to test if livers from gene-edited pigs could treat people with sudden liver failure — not with a transplant but temporarily attached outside the body

FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure
Health|Science|US

Doctors remove pig kidney from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed and is back on dialysis

Doctors remove pig kidney from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days
Science|Technology

Scientists map part of a mouse's brain that's so complex it looks like a galaxy

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date

Scientists map part of a mouse's brain that's so complex it looks like a galaxy
Health|Science

Shingles is awful, but here's another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia

A vaccination to prevent horribly painful shingles may offer an extra benefit: New research suggests it might lower the risk of dementia, too

Shingles is awful, but here's another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia
Health|Science

Boys with cancer can face infertility as adults. Can storing their stem cells help?

Researchers have performed the first known transplant of sperm-producing stem cells in hopes of restoring fertility in a man who survived childhood cancer

Boys with cancer can face infertility as adults. Can storing their stem cells help?
Asia|Health|Science|Technology

Chinese researchers report a pig kidney transplant and a first-step liver experiment

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants

Chinese researchers report a pig kidney transplant and a first-step liver experiment
Health|Political|Science|US

Researchers find a hint at how to delay Alzheimer's symptoms. Now they have to prove it

An experimental treatment appears to postpone Alzheimer's symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease at a young age

Researchers find a hint at how to delay Alzheimer's symptoms. Now they have to prove it

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