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A baboon survived 195 days after an experimental heart transplant, according to a new paper. But the heart didn’t…
Jan 26 2017
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Several dozen embryos sat in a lab that seemed straight out of a David Lynch film—part pig, part human. It’s just…
Jan 25 2017
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It’s a beautiful tale of graciousness and sacrifice. Hopeless, drug-addled mice, suddenly stricken with diabetes,…
Jun 6 2016
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In an effort to tackle the organ donor shortage, researchers in the United States have successfully created…
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Using genetic techniques and a chemical cocktail, scientists managed to sustain a pig’s heart inside a baboon for…
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In news that sounds straight out of a dystopian Margaret Atwood novel, surgeons managed to keep a genetically…
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Biologists have been mixing the DNA of different animals since the 1970s, but the idea of injecting the genes of…
Apr 29 2014
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The hearts of genetically modified pigs could soon be transplanted into humans. A research team, who tweaked the DNA of pigs to make the organ more compatible to humans, grafted a pig heart into a baboon more than a year ago — and it's still doing fine. Read more
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Two scientists at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh discussed the state…