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New Scientist recommends a deep dive into our organs by Giulia Enders

Giulia Enders made her name with Gut, an exploration of our intestines. Now, in the compelling follow-up Organ Speak, she’s listening to what our other organs are telling us

Culture

D6H4GB Implanted blastocyst, artwork

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Embryos made without sperm or eggs reveal why many pregnancies fail

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Human kidneys have been partially grown in pigs for the first time

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OrganEx technology reverses certain deleterious effects of prolonged ischemia. Representative images of electrocardiogram tracings in the heart(top), immunostainings for albumin in the liver(middle),and actin in the kidney(bottom).The images on the left side represent the organs subjected to a control perfusion, while the images on the right represents the organs subjected to perfusion with theOrganEx technology. Tissue integrity and certain cellular functions have been restored by theOrganEx technology one hour after circulatory arrest.

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Blood substitute repairs damaged organs hours after heart stops

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Time to drop the outdated and unfair anonymity rule in organ donation

Humans

Time to drop the outdated and unfair anonymity rule in organ donation

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Watch as a pig heart is transplanted into a human for the first time

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Watch as a pig heart is transplanted into a human for the first time

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Pig heart is prepared for transplant

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How a pig heart was transplanted into a human for the first time

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Lungs

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Damaged human lungs revived for transplant by connecting them to a pig

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A shortage of donor organs mean many people die on waiting lists

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Slimming down fatty livers in the lab could boost donor organ supply

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Pigs

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Human genes have been added to pigs to create skin for transplants

The race to create pigs organs for human transplants is hotting up. Three teams have each added human genes to pigs to try to create rejection-proof skin

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Machine seems to repair human livers and keep them alive for a week

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