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Fauci agrees to testify in Congress on covid origins, pandemic policies: It marks the first time infectious-disease doctor Anthony S. Fauci will publicly face ...
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Fauci agrees to testify in Congress on covid origins, pandemic policies
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Woman becomes 1st patient to undergo combined heart pump implant and pig kidney transplant
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Woman becomes 1st patient to undergo combined heart pump implant and pig ...
Quick Glance: Revolutionary Transplant: Heart Pump and Pig Kidney
  • The first transplant surgery combining a mechanical heart pump and a gene-edited pig kidney was successfully performed at NYU Langone Health.

  • The patient, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano from New Jersey, received the heart pump and pig kidney due to heart failure and end-stage kidney disease.

  • Experts view xenotransplants as crucial to addressing organ shortages by transplanting animal organs into humans.

  • Gene editing aims to prevent the human immune system from rejecting the animal organs, facilitating successful transplantations.
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The Patient Knows Best: PROs in RA Practice and Research: Advanced systems for measuring patient-reported outcomes can help improve care of patients with ...
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The Patient Knows Best: PROs in RA Practice and Research
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‘Forever chemicals’ have been linked to many diseases. Are they connected to breast and gynecological cancers, too?
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‘Forever chemicals’ have been linked to many diseases. Are they connected ...
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Former NIH director reveals prostate cancer diagnosis: The former director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Francis S. Collins ...
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Former NIH director reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
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Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) » Alzheimer's ...
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Crystal Clear Vision: Expert Advice for Preserving Healthy Eyes as You Age: Try these simple, expert-approved tips to help you achieve excellent eye health as ...
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Crystal Clear Vision: Expert Advice for Preserving Healthy Eyes as You Age
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McCaughey: Biden & Co. not ready for next pandemic: The H5N1 virus, which for 30 years affected mostly birds, is rapidly evolving and spreading globally ...
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McCaughey: Biden & Co. not ready for next pandemic
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Incentives — including cash — helped people raise their step counts: Participants in the fourth group were eligible for both game and financial incentives ...
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Incentives — including cash — helped people raise their step counts
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Why Heart Disease Research Still Favors Men: Life-saving statins, like so many other medications, have been developed based on clinical trials primarily made up ...
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Why Heart Disease Research Still Favors Men
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Francis Collins: Why I’m going public with my prostate cancer diagnosis: I feel compelled to tell this story openly. I hope it helps someone ...
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Francis Collins: Why I’m going public with my prostate cancer diagnosis
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The horrors of TMJ: Chronic pain, metal jaws and futile treatments: Dentists have attempted to heal TMJ patients for close to a century, and yet the disorders ...
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The horrors of TMJ: Chronic pain, metal jaws and futile treatments
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Study finds vitamin D alters mouse gut bacteria to give better cancer immunity: Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) ...
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Study finds vitamin D alters mouse gut bacteria to give better cancer ...
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How heart health in midlife affects cognition in Black women: Researchers say Black women with poor cardiovascular health have a higher risk of cognitive decline ...
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How heart health in midlife affects cognition in Black women
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AI Is Transforming Drug Matching for Cancer, Rare Diseases — Here's How: Pharmaceutical startup Transcripta Bio uses AI to match existing medications to new ...
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AI Is Transforming Drug Matching for Cancer, Rare Diseases — Here's ...
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After complaints, National Institutes of Health launches review of Havana Syndrome study
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After complaints, National Institutes of Health launches review of Havana ...
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Memorial Hermann transplant patients left in limbo: Memorial Hermann liver and kidney transplant candidates are waiting for news after the programs were ...
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Memorial Hermann transplant patients left in limbo
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Kidney failure patient seeks public help: KLANG: When end-stage kidney failure patient Srelorsheni Naga­seigara was asked to conduct a trial class at a tuition ...
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Kidney failure patient seeks public help
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Increasing Black representation in the fight against Alzheimer’s: Leader of the Health and Aging Brain Study at UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth ...
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Increasing Black representation in the fight against Alzheimer’s
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Doctor finds parallels between East Palestine symptoms, Gulf War illness: Researcher Dr. Beatrice Golomb has studied the 2023 derailment's health effects on ...
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Doctor finds parallels between East Palestine symptoms, Gulf War illness
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The truth about hair relaxers: in the US, lawsuits over cancer. In Africa, soaring sales
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The truth about hair relaxers: in the US, lawsuits over cancer. In Africa ...
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Framingham Heart Study recognizes 75 years, three generations of groundbreaking cardiovascular research
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Framingham Heart Study recognizes 75 years, three generations of ...