New research evaluates the safety of transplants from organ donors who recently testing positive for SARS-CoV-2
RENTON, Wash. – The demand for donated organs has already exceeded supply, with patients waiting months and sometimes years for ...
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Fish sensory organ key to improving navigational skills of underwater robots
Scientists, led by University of Bristol, have been studying a fish sensory organ to understand cues for collective behaviour which ...
Taking on the triple threat of identifying the best organ donor, the earliest signs of transplant rejection and a better way to stop it
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 10, 2023) – Whether a humanized mouse model that shows great promise in identifying a patient’s best ...
Excess oxygen during surgery linked to higher risk of organ damage
Giving patients excess levels of oxygen during surgery is associated with a higher risk of subsequent kidney, heart, and lung ...
Measuring organ development
Organs in the human body have complex networks of fluid-filled tubes and loops. They come in different shapes and their ...
Hippo signaling does not instruct normal organ growth
The Hippo signaling pathway – a genetic program thought to play a central role in organ development – does not ...
Researchers have determined the three-dimensional atomic structure of a protein important for organ functions
NKCC1 is a human chloride transporter that has the ability to transport sodium, potassium, and chloride from the exterior into ...
National Institutes of Health awards $15.75M to research team led by Case Western Reserve University and Duke University to map vagus nerve—body’s ‘super highway’ for controlling major organ functions
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $15.75 million contract to researchers led by Case Western Reserve and ...
Remdesivir-resistant version of COVID-19 detected in organ transplant recipients
Recent studies have shown that patients with weakened immune systems — which enables the virus that causes COVID-19 to remain ...
Intestinal fortitude: gut coils hold secrets of organ formation
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Our guts, and all our organs, are arranged in left-right asymmetric patterns inside our bodies, so that everything ...
Organs donated and eligible organ donors in UK both fell by around 30% during the first and second waves of the COVID pandemic
Research published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) reveals the impact of COVID on organ donation in ...
American Association for Anatomy names Jason Organ Editor Of the Journal Anatomical Sciences Education
WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 31, 2022 – The American Association for Anatomy has named Jason Organ, Ph.D, as Editor-in-Chief of ...
The Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) team succeeded with the world’s first Mini Organ transportation to a patient with “Ulcerative Colitis (UC)”
Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) research team announced on July 7 that it has succeeded in the world’s first ...
A genomic region that is exclusively dedicated to the formation and regeneration of a single organ
Credit: IRB Barcelona Scientists at IRB Barcelona, led by Dr. Marco Milan, have discovered a highly robust mechanism that ...
Successful heart xenotransplant experiments at NYU Langone set protocol for pig-to-human organ transplantation
NEW YORK, NY, JULY 12, 2022 – A team at NYU Langone Health successfully transplanted two genetically engineered pig hearts ...
A major step forward for organ biofabrication
Heart disease — the leading cause of death in the U.S. — is so deadly in part because the heart, ...
Life after death for the human eye: Vision scientists revive light-sensing cells in organ donor eyes
Salt Lake City, Utah—Scientists have revived light-sensing neuron cells in organ donor eyes and restored communication between them as part ...
Western University researchers urge legislation to end organ donation anonymity
Philadelphia, April 21, 2022 – A team of researchers at Western University is calling for an end to a long-held, ...
Effect of antiplatelet therapy on survival, organ support–free days in critically ill patients with COVID-19
What The Study Did: Among critically ill patients with COVID-19, treatment with an antiplatelet agent, compared with no antiplatelet agent, ...
BGI groundbreaking research results in cells that may facilitate advances in organ regeneration
Shenzhen, March 22, 2022: In a world-first, scientists from BGI-Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a group of partners published ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Seawater split to produce green hydrogen
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Mount Sinai launches phase 1 US trial of NDV-HXP-S, an Egg-based investigational COVID-19 vaccine, in healthy adults previously immunized against COVID-19
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Dogs’ average age at cancer diagnosis is associated with size, sex, breed
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Face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half, new study finds
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Increase in marine heatwaves expected to affect organisms at bottom of food chain, study suggests