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NASA astronauts have started growing human cells aboard the International Space Station to help understand the production of human tissue in low gravity. 250 test tubes containing adult human stem cells were sent aboard the SpaceX CRS-20 resupply mission that arrived at the ISS this week. Scientists say that due to the weightlessness on board … Read more
A mother came close to death after catching a flesh-eating bug through a paper cut on her hand. Heather Harbottle, 49, from Hawaii, drove to hospital in December 2017 after a rough two nights with progressing hand pain and a fever. The self-employed independent paparazzi consultant never expected a small wound on her left hand to … Read more
Every year, hundreds of donated organs get delayed or even misplaced on their way to save a patient’s life in the US, according to a new investigation. More than 112,000 people are waiting for transplants in the US. Every day, an average of 20 of these people die waiting for an organ. The shortage of … Read more
People with hepatitis C may be able to donate their organs without the risk of the virus spreading, a study suggests. Currently, organs from patients with the infection can only be transferred to people who already have the virus to avoid it being passed on. But researchers have now discovered a way to clear recipients … Read more
A mother-of-five lived for 99 years with a ‘totally backwards’ body, doctors have revealed. Rose Marie Bentley, from Molalla in northwest Oregon, was discovered to have situs inversus with levocardia. This caused her liver, stomach and pancreas to develop on her right side rather than in their normal more ‘left’ position. Mrs Bentley was oblivious … Read more