Sesame seed-sized hybrids of human and Neanderthal brains sparked briefly to life in a laboratory, offering tantalizing clues as to how the organs have evolved over millennia. Source: https://www.livescience.com/human-neanderthal-minibrains-created.html
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Snakes insert their heads into living frogs’ bodies to swallow their organs (because nature is horrifying)
In two new studies, researchers identified more snakes that disembowel frogs to eat their organs, a gruesome habit that was only recently discovered. Source: https://www.livescience.com/snakes-gut-living-frogs-and-toads.html
The First Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants Could Happen This Year
Every day in the United States, 17 people die waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. To address this crisis, one biotech company is turning to an unlikely source: pigs. Maryland-based United Therapeutics says it plans to begin transplanting organs from genetically modified pigs into people as soon as this year. From a report: “We’re right on that cusp. We’re looking to…
Reversal of Biological Clock Restores Vision In Old Mice
John Trumpian shares a report from SciTechDaily: Harvard Medical School scientists have successfully restored vision in mice by turning back the clock on aged eye cells in the retina to recapture youthful gene function. The team’s work, described today in Nature, represents the first demonstration that it may be possible to safely reprogram complex tissues, such as the nerve cells of…
Possible new organs identified in human head
Scientists in the Netherlands believe they have identified a previously undiscovered pair of salivary glands. Considering how closely the internal wor… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340305/possible-new-organs-identified-in-human-head…
How many organs are in the human body?
There isn’t an official “organ count” for the human body, but is there a ballpark estimate? Source: https://www.livescience.com/how-many-organs-in-human-body.html
Mysterious inflammatory syndrome tied to COVID-19 strikes adults as well as kids
Like the syndrome in children, MIS-A is a severe illness that targets multiple organs and causes increased inflammation. Source: https://www.livescience.com/multisystem-inflammatory-syndrome-adults-covid-19.html
Surgical device inspired by parasitic wasps could extract bits of you
Parasitic wasps use a long, thin, tubular organ to implant eggs in their victims. A device inspired by this organ could make it easier and less painful to remove tumours, blood clots or even whole organs Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2255694-surgical-device-inspired-by-parasitic-wasps-could-extract-bits-of-you/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Snakes disembowel toads and feast on the living animal’s organs one by one
For the first time, scientists have observed snakes disemboweling toads to dine on their organs. Source: https://www.livescience.com/snakes-disembowel-toads.html
A Chinese perspective on autumn
In Chinese thought, autumn is with the direction west, considered to be the direction of dreams and visions. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/autumn-equinox-cycles-of-nature-and-chinese-philosophy…