Donated human livers can be kept alive for seven days in a new machine. The device also seems to boost organ health and may enable more people to get transplants Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229863-machine-seems-to-repair-human-livers-and-keep-them-alive-for-a-week/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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How Long Can Organs Stay Outside the Body Before Being Transplanted?
Depending on the organ, the time can range from a few hours to a day and a half. Source: https://www.livescience.com/how-long-can-donated-organs-last-before-transplant.html
10 Things We Learned About the Brain in 2019
We depend on this organ to live and learn, but much of the tissue still remains as mysterious to us as the inside of a black hole. Source: https://www.livescience.com/brain-findings-2019.html
Cell injection could train the body not to reject organ transplants
A one-off injection of cells could be a solution to the longstanding problem of the body rejecting an organ transplant Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2228477-cell-injection-could-train-the-body-not-to-reject-organ-transplants/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Anti-ageing drug rejuvenates the mouths and oral microbiome of mice
In the first treatment shown to rejuvenate oral health, a drug used for organ transplants has regenerated the bone in which teeth are embedded in mice Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2227421-anti-ageing-drug-rejuvenates-the-mouths-and-oral-microbiome-of-mice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
How the Brain Still Works When Half of It Is Missing
That wrinkly and mysterious organ we carry around in our skulls has an almost magical ability to change and adapt. Source: https://www.livescience.com/hemisphere-removed-brain-plasticity.html
Can you survive with half your brain removed?
A new study has revealed the remarkable ability of the human brain to adapt even when half of it is missing. The brain is an important organ, so much … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/332235/can-you-survive-with-half-your-brain-removed…
China Covers Up Killing Of Prisoners To Continue Harvesting Organs For Transplant: New Report
“Despite repeated denials, China stands accused of a systematic cover-up to hide the continuing practice of forced organ harvesting and murder,” reports Forbes’ cybersecurity writer Zak Doffman: The practice, described as “state-run mass murder” and valued at $1 billion each year, has supposedly been outlawed in the country. But a new report, published on November 14 in the BMC Medical Ethics…
Surgeons Transplanted Pig Skin Onto Humans for the First Time
In a pathogen-free facility in Grafton, Massachusetts, a small town about 40 miles west of Boston, genetically engineered miniature pigs are being bred to donate their skin to humans. From a report: Their skin, which looks remarkably similar to the human variety and is referred to as Xeno-Skin, will be transplanted by surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital to a small group…
In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer
A new study found that certain fungi can settle in the pancreas, where they spur the growth of tumors. From a report: By now, you’ve probably heard that your body is teeming with bacteria. Some 100 trillion of them live on your skin, in your mouth and in the coils of your intestines. Some protect against infections and help you digest…