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This anglerfish has mastered a trick to light up the depths of the Pacific Ocean
Jan 27, 2022 8:00 AM
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Jan 23, 2022
These doctors are fighting to make the kidney-donor system less racist
A reckoning in medicine has upended the use of race in calculating kidney function, spurring institutional change.
Sep 24, 2018
Donated organs rarely spread disease, thanks to these protocols
Here's how the screening process that prevents disease transmission in donated organs works.
Sep 09, 2016
A Refrigerator Backpack Could Help Transport Vaccines And Organs
Uses a simple chemical reaction for cooling
Feb 10, 2016
HIV-Positive Patient To Receive Organ Transplants From HIV-Positive Donor
Procedures like this would save 1,000 lives per year
Sep 01, 2015
Device Revives Disembodied Hearts That Have Stopped Beating
It could save a lot of lives
Aug 06, 2013
FYI: Are Organs Ever Re-Donated?
A few transplants out of the 28,000 performed every year involve the same organ spending time in more than two...
Apr 15, 2013
This Bioengineered Rat Kidney Could Pave The Way For On-Demand Replacement Organs
The big news in bioengineering this week is all about a tiny pool of rat pee.
Mar 21, 2011
Texas Man Receives First American Full-Face Transplant
Dallas Wiens suffered horrific burns in a 2008 accident
Mar 04, 2011
Tissue Engineer Prints Dummy Kidney Model Onstage at TED 2011 [Updated]
Anthony Atala wows the crowd
May 04, 2010
Chemical Cocktail Keeps Resurrected Heart Alive for 10 Days Outside of Body
The "Somah" solution could preserve organs for transplant in a state of suspended animation
