In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital said Monday that he's doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery.
Jan 10, 2022
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Vaccination of Brazilian children between the ages of 5 and 11 will begin in January, without the demand for prescriptions from doctors the government had previously signaled, officials from the health ministry announced ...
Jan 6, 2022
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As black-legged ticks crawl their way across Michigan, scientists hope a new vaccine in development could make their presence less menacing.
Jan 3, 2022
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Speech sounds elicit comparable neural responses and stimulate the same region in the brain of humans, macaques and guinea pigs, a multidisciplinary group of University of Pittsburgh researchers reported in the journal eNeuro ...
Nov 19, 2021
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Scientists temporarily attached a pig's kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.
Oct 20, 2021
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Mapping of the complete genome of the obesity-prone Ossabaw pig gives new hope for further insights into human obesity and associated diseases
Oct 13, 2021
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Research by Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Erasmus University Rotterdam shows that about 15 percent of Dutch people do not want to be vaccinated. If better use were made ...
Sep 16, 2021
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China and Australia ramped up COVID-19 curbs Saturday as Delta variant cases surged and tens of thousands rallied in France against restrictions designed to stop the pandemic.
Jul 31, 2021
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A soldier exposes his shoulder and awaits a jab to the amusement of fellow troops, a familiar scene in Iraq where a COVID spike is prompting more vaccinations despite widespread hesitancy.
Jul 29, 2021
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If you've ever been to an eye doctor, there's a good chance you've felt the sudden puff of air to the eye that constitutes a traditional test for glaucoma. It's no one's favorite experience, but the puff is non-invasive and ...
Jul 8, 2021
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