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This company aims to end the need for liver transplants — as thousands die every year on the waitlist

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This company aims to end the need for liver transplants — as thousands die every year on the waitlist

It could be the longest wait they’ll ever know. Over 11,000 liver transplants were performed last year in the US, while thousands more patients remained in limbo. Others dropped off the waitlist because they got too sick — and an estimated 2,000 died waiting. Now, a UK-based biotech company aims to make liver transplants — … Read more

Living human embryo model conceived without sperm or egg: breakthrough study

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Living human embryo model conceived without sperm or egg: breakthrough study

In a scientific breakthrough that raises a number of medical and ethical issues, researchers have used stem cells to create living, growing models of a human embryo. Because stem cells were used, there were no human eggs or sperm needed to develop the embryo structures. “This is really a textbook image of a human day-14 … Read more