On Wednesday, two weeks after his operation, Rick Slayman, who is the world’s first living recipient of a genetically altered pig kidney transplant, was released from the hospital, according to a statement released by Massachusetts General Hospital. According to a statement made by the hospital on X, which was then known as Twitter, “He is…
“We all know cancer is an aging disease. However, it is really coming to a younger population. So whether we can use the well-developed concept of biological aging to apply that to the younger generation is a really untouched area,” said Dr. Yin Cao, an associate professor of surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine…
There are mammograms that can detect breast cancer at an earlier stage. There are colonoscopies that can detect colon cancer at an earlier stage. The early detection of pancreatic cancer, which occurs before the cancer cells have spread and when surgery is more likely to be beneficial, is not now possible by the use of…
Ethylene oxide, chloroprene, benzene, vinyl chloride, 1,3 butadiene, and ethylene dichloride are some of the airborne pollutants that are released by more than 200 manufacturing sites in the United States. On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established new regulations to protect areas that are located in close proximity to these businesses. According to research…
In the United States, approximately half of the drinking water is contaminated with potentially hazardous “forever chemicals,” and the administration of Vice President Joe Biden has finalized the first national standard to limit these chemicals. According to the statements of a few environmentalists, the new regulation is a “huge breakthrough” and a “historic” shift that…