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'Blessed': US Woman Sees Second Chance In Life After Pig Kidney Transplant

Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail years later due to pregnancy complications.

International Business Times

What went wrong at CVS

An activist shareholder demanding changes, soaring medical costs, and a $68 billion deal for Aetna.

Fortune

A US hospital fired an acclaimed nurse for talking about Gaza. Where’s the outrage?

Hesen Jabr’s story is a chilling reminder that employers in the US have far too much power over workers’ speech

The Guardian - US

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New York hospital fires nurse after calling Gaza war a ‘genocide’ in speech

Hesen Jabr says New York University’s Langone hospital fired her after she made remarks while accepting award for her work

The Guardian - US

A nurse honored for compassion is fired after referring to Gaza 'genocide' in speech

A nurse was fired by a New York City hospital after she referred to Israel’s war in Gaza as “genocide” during a speech accepting an award

The Independent UK

Gene therapy may slow progression of a life-threatening cardiac ailment

The investigational treatment targets the loss of function of a gene implicated in many cases of ARVC, plakophilin-2 (PKP2). Read further on Dynamite News:

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Studies on infant mice offer a novel strategy to stop the flu from spreading to humans

It has long been known by scientists that many bacteria and viruses cause illnesses by first attaching themselves to sugar molecules on the cell surfaces lining mammals' sinuses and throats, including humans. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Unexpected deaths in children may be related to seizures: Study

Researchers have found that short seizures followed by muscular convulsions are a potential cause of sudden fatalities in infants. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Doctors perform 1st-ever whole eye, partial face transplant

This is the first whole-eye transplant performed in a person, and it was completed alongside a partial face transplant.

LiveScience

Surgeons Perform First-Ever Whole Eye and Partial Facial Transplant

A 46-year-old Arkansas man is the first successful recipient of a whole eye and partial facial transplant.

Inverse

Why do breastfeeding mothers leak milk when babies cry? Study of mice may give us the answer

Researchers in New York identified the process for the oxytocin release in mother mice

Evening Standard

Brain mechanism may explain why breastfeeding mothers leak milk when babies cry

Researchers in New York identified the process for the oxytocin release in mother mice.

The Independent UK

Promising Finding For Alcohol Addiction: A Solution Just Might Be In Magic Mushrooms

A recent clinical study led by NYU Langone found that psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, reduced heavy drinking by 83%, compared with a 51% reduction among those who received an antihistamine placebo.

Benzinga

Pig organ transplants inch closer with testing in the dead

Researchers at New York University transplanted pig hearts into two brain-dead people over the last month, the latest in a string of developments in the long quest to one day save human lives with animal organs

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Do IBCs benefit biomedical research?

Experts say IBCs are a crucial tool for ensuring the safety of biomedical research. Critics say they are too opaque

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: I nearly died from COVID. Now I’m letting go of the fear

Two years ago, I was in a hospital bed on the 15th floor of NYU Langone hospital in Manhattan, dying of COVID-19. A previously healthy, 44-year-old runner, I found myself impossibly weak, unable to walk 5 feet from my bed to the bathroom without a nurse’s help. I could barely…

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