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Why Are Scientists Planning To Grow Livers In Space?
Growing tissues in labs on Earth can be a challenging task as gravity pulls cells into contact with the bottom of a plate or dish.
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1-Year-Old Dies Of Cardiac Arrest In US After Mother's Boyfriend Hits Him
An investigation into Kareem's horrific injuries showed that he had experienced cardiac arrest, which resulted in brain damage, a shattered rib, a lacerated liver, bleeding eye tissue, and brain swelling.
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Delhi High Court Allows Teen Girl To Donate Part Of Liver To Father
The Delhi High Court has allowed a minor girl to donate a part of her liver to her ailing father, who is at the end stage of liver disease, and directed the authorities concerned to frame guidelines to be followed about permission for tissue donation
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Working Out But Not Losing Weight? Hypothyroidism Could Be The Culprit
In essence, low thyroid hormone levels send signals to your liver, muscles, and fat tissue to hoard those calories.
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What Causes Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver? Know Symptoms And Ways To Prevent It
Fatty liver: There are chances of development of a fatty liver without alcohol consumption, this condition is called non-alcoholic fatty liver. If left untreated, this condition can affect the functioning of your liver. Here is what exactly causes non-alcoholic fatty liver and ways to prevent it.
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Organs Of 28-Year-Old Brain Dead Donated By Family, Save Three Lives
The family of a 28-year-old man agreed to donate five of his organs; liver, corneas and both kidneys which gave a new lease of life to three people on Friday.
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Third-Hand Smoke Accumulated On Clothes and Hair May Damage Liver and Brain Tissues
Third-hand smoke (THS) is what comes out of exhaled smoke and smoke emanating from the tip of burning cigarettes that enters the environment and can get accumulated on clothes, hair, and cars.
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Did You Know Third-hand Smoking Could Lead To Liver, Brain Damage?
Exposure to thirdhand-smoke can significantly harm your liver and brain tissues within a month, with the effect worsening over time, scientists have warned, after a recent study.
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10 Myths About Organ Donation
Organ donation is when a person allows healthy transplantable organs and tissues to be removed, either after death or when alive, and transplanted into another person. Common transplantations include: kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, intestines, lungs, bones, bone marrow, skin, and corneas. There are a lot of myths about organ donation. Lets find o...
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10 Myths About Organ Donation
Organ donation is when a person allows healthy transplantable organs and tissues to be removed, either after death or when alive, and transplanted into another person. Common transplantations include: kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, intestines, lungs, bones, bone marrow, skin, and corneas. There are a lot of myths about organ donation. Lets find o...
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Scientists Create Part-Human, Part-Pig Embryo
The experiment, described Thursday in the journal Cell, involves injecting human stem cells into the embryo of a pig, then implanting the embryo in the uterus of a sow and allowing it to grow. After four weeks, the stem cells had developed into the precursors of various tissue types, including heart, liver and neurons, and a small fraction of the d...
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Mother Uncovers Lasting Impact Of Son's Organ Donation
An ultrasound showed one of Sarah Gray's unborn twins was missing part of his brain, a fatal birth defect. His brother was born healthy but Thomas lived just six days. Latching onto hope for something positive to come from heartache, Gray donated some of Thomas' tissue for scientific research - his eyes, his liver, his umbilical cord blood.
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Person-on-a-Chip Tech May Help Repair Damaged Organs: Study
Researchers from the University of Toronto built model versions of both heart and liver tissues that function like real organs.
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3-D Heart, Liver Tissues That Function Like Real Organs Grown
Taking tissue engineering to a whole new level researchers have developed a new technology to build model versions of both heart and liver tissues that function like the real thing.
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Chinese Scientists Develops Liver Tissue For Transplants, Drug Screening
Chinese researchers have engineered a liver tissue in the lab which closely mimics the organ's complicated functions more effectively - a finding that can lead to the development of functional liver tissue for clinical applications and drug screening.
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Why Are Scientists Planning To Grow Livers In Space?
Growing tissues in labs on Earth can be a challenging task as gravity pulls cells into contact with the bottom of a plate or dish.
-
1-Year-Old Dies Of Cardiac Arrest In US After Mother's Boyfriend Hits Him
An investigation into Kareem's horrific injuries showed that he had experienced cardiac arrest, which resulted in brain damage, a shattered rib, a lacerated liver, bleeding eye tissue, and brain swelling.
-
Delhi High Court Allows Teen Girl To Donate Part Of Liver To Father
The Delhi High Court has allowed a minor girl to donate a part of her liver to her ailing father, who is at the end stage of liver disease, and directed the authorities concerned to frame guidelines to be followed about permission for tissue donation
-
Working Out But Not Losing Weight? Hypothyroidism Could Be The Culprit
In essence, low thyroid hormone levels send signals to your liver, muscles, and fat tissue to hoard those calories.
-
What Causes Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver? Know Symptoms And Ways To Prevent It
Fatty liver: There are chances of development of a fatty liver without alcohol consumption, this condition is called non-alcoholic fatty liver. If left untreated, this condition can affect the functioning of your liver. Here is what exactly causes non-alcoholic fatty liver and ways to prevent it.
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Organs Of 28-Year-Old Brain Dead Donated By Family, Save Three Lives
The family of a 28-year-old man agreed to donate five of his organs; liver, corneas and both kidneys which gave a new lease of life to three people on Friday.
-
Third-Hand Smoke Accumulated On Clothes and Hair May Damage Liver and Brain Tissues
Third-hand smoke (THS) is what comes out of exhaled smoke and smoke emanating from the tip of burning cigarettes that enters the environment and can get accumulated on clothes, hair, and cars.
-
Did You Know Third-hand Smoking Could Lead To Liver, Brain Damage?
Exposure to thirdhand-smoke can significantly harm your liver and brain tissues within a month, with the effect worsening over time, scientists have warned, after a recent study.
-
10 Myths About Organ Donation
Organ donation is when a person allows healthy transplantable organs and tissues to be removed, either after death or when alive, and transplanted into another person. Common transplantations include: kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, intestines, lungs, bones, bone marrow, skin, and corneas. There are a lot of myths about organ donation. Lets find o...
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10 Myths About Organ Donation
Organ donation is when a person allows healthy transplantable organs and tissues to be removed, either after death or when alive, and transplanted into another person. Common transplantations include: kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, intestines, lungs, bones, bone marrow, skin, and corneas. There are a lot of myths about organ donation. Lets find o...
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Scientists Create Part-Human, Part-Pig Embryo
The experiment, described Thursday in the journal Cell, involves injecting human stem cells into the embryo of a pig, then implanting the embryo in the uterus of a sow and allowing it to grow. After four weeks, the stem cells had developed into the precursors of various tissue types, including heart, liver and neurons, and a small fraction of the d...
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Mother Uncovers Lasting Impact Of Son's Organ Donation
An ultrasound showed one of Sarah Gray's unborn twins was missing part of his brain, a fatal birth defect. His brother was born healthy but Thomas lived just six days. Latching onto hope for something positive to come from heartache, Gray donated some of Thomas' tissue for scientific research - his eyes, his liver, his umbilical cord blood.
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Person-on-a-Chip Tech May Help Repair Damaged Organs: Study
Researchers from the University of Toronto built model versions of both heart and liver tissues that function like real organs.
-
3-D Heart, Liver Tissues That Function Like Real Organs Grown
Taking tissue engineering to a whole new level researchers have developed a new technology to build model versions of both heart and liver tissues that function like the real thing.
-
Chinese Scientists Develops Liver Tissue For Transplants, Drug Screening
Chinese researchers have engineered a liver tissue in the lab which closely mimics the organ's complicated functions more effectively - a finding that can lead to the development of functional liver tissue for clinical applications and drug screening.
