Scientists develop brain organoids with complex neural activity
Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have developed brain
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Increased rates of organ damage after discharge from hospital with COVID-19
People discharged from hospital after COVID-19 appear to have increased rates of organ damage (“multiorgan dysfunction”) compared with similar individuals
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Study indicates COVID-19 vaccines are safe for organ transplant patients
In what may be the first study of its kind, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have documented the reaction of nearly
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Blood platelets trigger events that cause organ damage after heart surgery
Even as surgeons have become more highly skilled at performing lifesaving heart surgeries, the overall outcome of the procedure continues
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Heart transplants from donors with hepatitis C may be safe and could help decrease organ shortage
One-year survival was similar for adults with severe heart failure who received a heart transplant from a donor with hepatitis
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Opt-out organ donation WILL become law from 2020
Britons will have to opt out of organ donation from next year: Changes to consent dubbed ‘Max and Keira’s law’
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Three siblings with a stomach cancer gene have the organ removed
Three siblings have their STOMACHS removed over fears they will develop the same cancer that killed their mother and sister
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