A patient whose liver was donated, stored for three days in a new type of machine that mimics the human body, is healthy one year after surgery, according to a study in Nature Biotechnology. The authors claim that the technology could significantly increase the number of livers available for transplantation, both by preserving donor livers […]
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Amazon Syndicate’s Success Could Point To A New Labor Playbook
Critics typically agree that the campaigns help revive support for higher wages, even if workers fail to unionize. Its proponents say the goal is to make a company or industry-wide impact, rather than just a few individual stores. They point to some developments. pending california bill would regulate fast food wages and working conditions as […]
Howard Solomon, 94, Died; Business Success Had Personal Success
“Forest Pharmaceuticals consciously chose to pursue corporate profit over its obligations to the FDA and to the American public,” said US attorney for Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz when the deal was announced. The company denied the allegations. In a statement at the time, Mr. Solomon said, “We are committed to ensuring that we fully comply with […]
Success Against HIV in South Africa Offers Hope for Beating
At that time I reported from villages in Eswatini, then known as Swaziland, where I found no more than a handful of people my age, only children and the elderly. I wrote about the day Nelson Mandela from Johannesburg broke a strong taboo and told South Africans that his son had died of AIDS. I […]
Success Against HIV in South Africa Offers Hope for Beating
At that time I reported from villages in Eswatini, then known as Swaziland, where I found no more than a handful of people my age, only children and the elderly. I wrote about the day Nelson Mandela from Johannesburg broke a strong taboo and told South Africans that his son had died of AIDS. I […]
A Popular Test Claim to Increase IVF Success. Science Uncertain.
For patients undergoing IVF treatment, there is a common test to help determine the best time to transfer the embryo for a successful pregnancy. But one of a growing number of expensive “add-ons” for IVF patients, new research has found, has patients and doctors questioning whether the test is effective for first-time patients. The test, […]
ERA Test Claims to Increase IVF Success. science
For patients undergoing IVF treatment, there is a common test to help determine the best time to transfer the embryo for a successful pregnancy. But one of a growing number of expensive “add-ons” for IVF patients, new research has found, has patients and doctors questioning whether the test is effective for first-time patients. The test, […]
Women’s Role in Protection Delayed Despite Success
In Siquijor, the islanders, like most of the Philippines, are heavily dependent on the ocean for both income and food. But these days the fishermen here are catching less and less fish. Oceana, an ocean conservation nonprofit, reports that across the Philippines, 75 percent of fishing grounds are overfished, and reef fish have declined by […]
