A new technique cools human tissues to -4°C without forming ice crystals that damage cells, and could boost the number of organs available for transplant Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215643-transplant-organs-can-be-supercooled-to-below-zero-for-longer-storage/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Pig To Human Heart Transplants ‘Possible Within Three Years’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Adapted pig hearts could be transplanted into patients within three years, according to a report citing the surgeon who pioneered heart transplantation in the UK. On the 40th anniversary of the first successful heart transplant, Sir Terence English told The Sunday Telegraph that his protege from that operation would try to replace…
World’s first human-monkey hybrid created
A team of Spanish scientists working in China have injected human stem cells into the embryo of a monkey. With transplant patients often having to wai… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329438/worlds-first-human-monkey-hybrid-created…
Japan Approves First Human-Animal Embryo Experiments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Nature: A Japanese stem-cell scientist is the first to receive government support to create animal embryos that contain human cells and transplant them into surrogate animals since a ban on the practice was overturned earlier this year. Hiromitsu Nakauchi, who leads teams at the University of Tokyo and Stanford University in California, plans to…
Prisoners in China are still being used as organ donors, says inquiry
Transplant organs are still being sourced from executed prisoners in China, according to an inquiry set up by a campaign group to investigate the issue Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2206874-prisoners-in-china-are-still-being-used-as-organ-donors-says-inquiry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…