New strategy helps build synthetic organs from scratch. This enabled the researchers to grow functioning liver tissue in the lab that could be transplanted into mice with liver disease.
Our circadian rhythm is an important aspect of our health.
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Almost all drugs are tested in living animals before human clinical trials. But most of the time what works in mice doesn't work in humans. That's why lab-grown human livers may be so valuable.
People of color face more obstacles on the path to an organ transplant.
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A new pill may lower blood alcohol levels, helping a hangover and preventing alcohol overdose deaths.
The health scare surrounding nanoparticles might lead to people abandoning formula unnecessarily, with serious impacts on babies’ health.
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A widely publicised study that cast doubt on the safety of milk formula was misleading, based on dubiously reported studies and may have serious consequences.
Can the liver actually be cleansed?
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Does the liver really respond to an over-the-counter product that claims to 'detoxify' or 'heal' its function?
A lot of cancer researchers shy away from researching cancers where they can’t see a clear research path going forward 10 or 15 years, the author of the report said.
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