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India looks to drones, recently legalized, for fast transport of organs

Dec 25, 2018

Officials in India are considering a plan that would use drones to transport urgent medical materials to patients in hospitals, according to CNN. This comes alongside other efforts to regulate unmanned aerial v...

Researchers successfully transplant a lab-grown lung into a pig

West Side Story

Aug 6, 2018

Health, Innovation, Science

Researchers have successfully transplanted a bioengineered lung into a pig, according to a paper published last week in the journal Science Translational Medicine. This newfound success by researchers marks an ...

Scientists create human-sheep hybrids in lab

West Side Story

Feb 18, 2018

Health, Innovation, Science

Researchers announced Saturday a major breakthrough towards growing tailor-made human organs for transplant, according to the Guardian. University of California Davis researcher Pablo Ross, said, at a meeting o...

Supercooling organs might save lives

Platonium

Jun 30, 2014

Health

Scientists may have discovered a new breakthrough method of keeping organs alive for organ transplants. A recently published study details how researchers were able to "supercool" a rat liver, allowing it to be...

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