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"I Cant Walk Anymore": Afghan Migrant Dies On Snowy Route To Iran
Habibullah set off from his home in western Afghanistan determined to find work in Iran, only for the 15-year-old to freeze to death while walking across the mountainous frontier.
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Abar Proloy Season 2 OTT Release Date: When and Where to Watch Saswata Chatterjee and Ritwick Chakraborty Starrer Online?
Abar Proloy is returning with Season 2 of the blockbuster OTT hit series, which was first released in 2023. Saswata Chatterjee reprises his role as the razor-sharp, no-nonsense supercop Animesh Dutta in the second season, promising another thrill ride into the Sundarbans. Known for its smart writing and sharp, "snippy" dialogues that balance raw re...
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Pig Organ Transplants May One Day Outperform Human Donors, Says Leading Surgeon
A US clinical trial using gene-edited pig kidneys has begun, with experts saying xenotransplantation could one day offer safer and more effective alternatives to human donor organs.
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Ex-Harvard Worker Gets 8 Years Jail For Selling Human Organs In Black Market
A former morgue manager at the prestigious Harvard Medical School was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts donated for scientific research, the US Justice Department said.
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Putting Pig Organs In People Is OK In The US, But Growing Human Organs In Pigs Is Not - Why Is That?
A decade ago, scientists were chasing a different solution. Instead of editing the genes of pigs to make their organs human-friendly, they tried to grow human organs made entirely of human cells inside pigs. But in 2015 the National Institutes of
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Chinese Woman Marries Cancer Patient For Kidney, Finds Lasting Love
It raises complex ethical questions about medical arrangements, organ donation and the nature of marriage, while also offering a rare example of human connection emerging from a dire contract.
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Breakthrough In Lab-Grown Mini-Organs Could Revolutionise Disease Research: Report
Scientists have successfully grown lab-made heart and liver organoids with their own blood vessels, marking a significant step toward realistic human organ models for disease study and drug testing.
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Could Immortality Be Real, As Putin Was Heard Telling Xi?
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have been recorded on a hot mic discussing how organ transplants and other medical advances could let humans live past 150 years -- or even become immortal.
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Hot Mic Captures Putin, Xi Discussing Organ Transplants And Immortality
When Russian President Vladimir Putin walked shoulder to shoulder with China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, a hot mic caught them discussing organ transplants and the possibility that humans could live to 150 years old.
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Why You Need Amino Acids & Plant-Based Food Sources
Plant-Based Amino Acids: AA are organic compounds that combine to form proteins. Read on as we share a list of plant-based foods that can help you consume sufficient amino acids.
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Russia Launches Bion-M No.2 with Mice, Flies, and Seeds to Study Space Biology
Russia’s latest resupply mission to low-Earth orbit has delivered a unique scientific cargo: 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies, microbes, cell cultures, and plant seeds aboard the Bion-M No.2 biosatellite. Over the next month, these organisms will orbit Earth, helping scientists study how microgravity and cosmic radiation affect life. Some mice are gene...
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IIT Roorkee Finds Breakthrough To Beat World's Most Dangerous Superbugs
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee have developed a new drug candidate that could restore the power of a critical antibiotic against one of the world's most dangerous superbugs.
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"So Much Pressure": World Nearly Beat Polio But Missteps Aided Its Comeback
The World Health Organization and partners embarked on their polio campaign in 1988 with the bold goal of eradication - a feat seen only once for human diseases, with smallpox in 1980.
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From Male Nipples To Wisdom Teeth: Are These Body Parts Really Useless?
Analysis of some of these vestigial structures has provided insight into human evolution.
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Bengaluru Metro Makes History with First-Ever Organ Transport
History was made in Bengaluru after Metro officials successfully facilitated the transport of a donated human liver for transplant.
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"I Cant Walk Anymore": Afghan Migrant Dies On Snowy Route To Iran
Habibullah set off from his home in western Afghanistan determined to find work in Iran, only for the 15-year-old to freeze to death while walking across the mountainous frontier.
-
Abar Proloy Season 2 OTT Release Date: When and Where to Watch Saswata Chatterjee and Ritwick Chakraborty Starrer Online?
Abar Proloy is returning with Season 2 of the blockbuster OTT hit series, which was first released in 2023. Saswata Chatterjee reprises his role as the razor-sharp, no-nonsense supercop Animesh Dutta in the second season, promising another thrill ride into the Sundarbans. Known for its smart writing and sharp, "snippy" dialogues that balance raw re...
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Pig Organ Transplants May One Day Outperform Human Donors, Says Leading Surgeon
A US clinical trial using gene-edited pig kidneys has begun, with experts saying xenotransplantation could one day offer safer and more effective alternatives to human donor organs.
-
Ex-Harvard Worker Gets 8 Years Jail For Selling Human Organs In Black Market
A former morgue manager at the prestigious Harvard Medical School was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts donated for scientific research, the US Justice Department said.
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Putting Pig Organs In People Is OK In The US, But Growing Human Organs In Pigs Is Not - Why Is That?
A decade ago, scientists were chasing a different solution. Instead of editing the genes of pigs to make their organs human-friendly, they tried to grow human organs made entirely of human cells inside pigs. But in 2015 the National Institutes of
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Chinese Woman Marries Cancer Patient For Kidney, Finds Lasting Love
It raises complex ethical questions about medical arrangements, organ donation and the nature of marriage, while also offering a rare example of human connection emerging from a dire contract.
-
Breakthrough In Lab-Grown Mini-Organs Could Revolutionise Disease Research: Report
Scientists have successfully grown lab-made heart and liver organoids with their own blood vessels, marking a significant step toward realistic human organ models for disease study and drug testing.
-
Could Immortality Be Real, As Putin Was Heard Telling Xi?
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have been recorded on a hot mic discussing how organ transplants and other medical advances could let humans live past 150 years -- or even become immortal.
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Hot Mic Captures Putin, Xi Discussing Organ Transplants And Immortality
When Russian President Vladimir Putin walked shoulder to shoulder with China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, a hot mic caught them discussing organ transplants and the possibility that humans could live to 150 years old.
-
Why You Need Amino Acids & Plant-Based Food Sources
Plant-Based Amino Acids: AA are organic compounds that combine to form proteins. Read on as we share a list of plant-based foods that can help you consume sufficient amino acids.
-
Russia Launches Bion-M No.2 with Mice, Flies, and Seeds to Study Space Biology
Russia’s latest resupply mission to low-Earth orbit has delivered a unique scientific cargo: 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies, microbes, cell cultures, and plant seeds aboard the Bion-M No.2 biosatellite. Over the next month, these organisms will orbit Earth, helping scientists study how microgravity and cosmic radiation affect life. Some mice are gene...
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IIT Roorkee Finds Breakthrough To Beat World's Most Dangerous Superbugs
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee have developed a new drug candidate that could restore the power of a critical antibiotic against one of the world's most dangerous superbugs.
-
"So Much Pressure": World Nearly Beat Polio But Missteps Aided Its Comeback
The World Health Organization and partners embarked on their polio campaign in 1988 with the bold goal of eradication - a feat seen only once for human diseases, with smallpox in 1980.
-
From Male Nipples To Wisdom Teeth: Are These Body Parts Really Useless?
Analysis of some of these vestigial structures has provided insight into human evolution.
-
Bengaluru Metro Makes History with First-Ever Organ Transport
History was made in Bengaluru after Metro officials successfully facilitated the transport of a donated human liver for transplant.
