Genome-edited pig liver filters blood of brain-dead man
A genome-edited pig liver effectively filtered blood in a brain-dead man for three days, showcasing a potential temporary solution for acute liver failure...
Cells are the building blocks of all living things. A human body is made up of around 100 trillion cells (100 million million).
by Yan Lau
A genome-edited pig liver effectively filtered blood in a brain-dead man for three days, showcasing a potential temporary solution for acute liver failure...
The current legal framework on which compensation caps for gamete donors is based has created a situation where foreign donors are compensated less than those in the UK, explains Julian Hitchcock...
by Yan Lau
A DNA repair pathway has been revealed to be dependent on an enzyme linked with hereditary breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and prostate cancer...
A chimeric monkey has been created using embryonic stem cells with two different sets of genes, a new study has demonstrated...
Osteoarthritis progression in mice is due to the loss of stem cells that produce cartilage in the joints, researchers have proposed...
Australia saw the birth of its first baby conceived via capacitation in-vitro maturation or CAPA-IVM treatment last week...
Macaque monkeys have become some of the longest-surviving recipients of cross-species organ transplants, after receiving genome-edited pig kidneys...
Direct-to-consumer anti-Müllerian hormone tests are being sold to women across the world with the promise that they can help them predict and plan their fertility. Yet, that isn't what they are designed for argues Dr Karin Hammarberg…
The US Food and Drug Administration's Advisory Committee for Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies has voted that there is insufficient evidence that experimental stem-cell therapy for ALS is effective enough to warrant approval by the agency...
Humanised kidneys have been grown from human stem cells, transplanted into pig embryos, for the first time...
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