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It marked the longest a genetically modified pig kidney has ever functioned inside a human, albeit a deceased one. “Two months is a lot to have a pig kidney in this good a condition. Political Cartoons View All 1160 ImagesSo-called xenotransplantation attempts have failed for decades — the human immune system immediately destroyed foreign animal tissue. Montgomery gambled that maintaining Miller's body on a ventilator for two months to see how the pig kidney worked could answer some of those questions. She recently got a card from a stranger in California who's awaiting a kidney transplant, thanking her for helping to move forward desperately needed research.

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True vanilla is a demanding crop, so labor-intensive that at times the market value of the beans has surpassed that of silver, weight for weight. And since each bean yields only 2 percent vanillin at best, the cost of pure vanilla is even higher. The vanilla bean on my desk comes from the small Hawaiian town of Laie on Oahu’s North Shore. It’s longer and darker than the other vanilla beans in my cupboard, its fragrance more insistently narcotic. To begin with, while the vanilla orchid — planifolia is the species most widely grown — is a hermaphrodite (like most flowering plants), with both male and female parts, it can’t pollinate itself.

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☆ Israeli Scientists Create Model of Human Embryo Without Eggs or Sperm
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) - Scientists in Israel have created a model of a human embryo from stem cells in the laboratory, without using sperm, eggs or a womb, offering a unique glimpse into the early stages of embryonic development. "The question is, when does an embryo model become considered an embryo? At the moment we are really, really far off from that point," said team leader Jacob Hanna. "None of these models fully recapitulate natural human development but each adds to ways in which many aspects of human development can now be studied experimentally," she said. The study raises some ethical questions over the possibility of potential future manipulation in human embryo development, Hanna and others noted.

Persons: Jacob Hanna, Hanna, Magdalena Żernicka, Goetz, Rami Amichay, Ari Rabinovitch, Mark Heinrich Organizations: Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, International Society for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge Locations: REHOVOT, Israel, Boston

☆ Reruns and reality fill out strike-struck fall TV season
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLOS ANGELES, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Broadcast television networks kick off the fall TV season this month with strike-depleted lineups featuring game shows, reruns and a 72-year-old widower looking for love in the reality TV dating pool. The fall season has been a staple of American TV for decades, the time to roll out the best that broadcast TV has to offer. New episodes of scripted shows will be in much shorter supply. ABC's hit comedy "Abbott Elementary," Paramount Network's top-rated drama "Yellowstone" and NBC's long-running crime series "Law & Order" will show reruns. It’s time for Sad TV Fall," the Los Angeles Times wrote.

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☆ Israeli scientists create model of human embryo without eggs or sperm
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Israeli team emphasised that they were a long way from being able to create an embryo from scratch. "The question is, when does an embryo model become considered an embryo? At the moment we are really, really far off from that point," said team leader Jacob Hanna. "None of these models fully recapitulate natural human development but each adds to ways in which many aspects of human development can now be studied experimentally," she said. The study raises some ethical questions over the possibility of potential future manipulation in human embryo development, Hanna and others noted.

Persons: Mehmet Yunus Comar, Jacob Hanna, Hanna, Magdalena Żernicka, Goetz, Rami Amichay, Ari Rabinovitch, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, International Society for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge, Thomson Locations: Rehovot, Israel, Boston

☆ Scientists take ‘pioneering steps’ toward growing human kidneys in pigs
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Scientists have grown kidneys containing mostly human cells inside pig embryos, an important step toward growing kidneys and potentially other human organs that could be used for transplants in people. “The paper describes pioneering steps in a new approach to organ bioengineering using pigs as incubators for growing and cultivating human organs,” said Dusko Ilic, a professor of stem cell sciences at King’s College London, in a statement. “It is remarkable to see about 60% of the primordial pig kidney contained human cells,” Wu said. What the researchers didTo generate kidneys mostly composed of human cells in pigs, the scientists used cutting-edge techniques harnessing advances in stem cells, gene editing and embryology. “This (new) work is different from existing xenotransplantation approach and aims to generate organs mostly composed of human cells in pigs,” Wu said.

Persons: ”, Miguel Esteban, ” Esteban, “, Dusko Ilic, Jun Wu, Wu, ” Mary Garry, ” Wu, Esteban, ” Joseph A, Vassalotti, ” Vassalotti Organizations: CNN —, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Procurement, Transplantation Network, King’s College London, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Minnesota’s, Heart Institute, National Kidney Foundation, Icahn School of Medicine Locations: Health, United States, Mount Sinai

☆ Jake Kleinmahon: One of Louisiana's only pediatric cardiologists has left the state over anti-LGBTQ legislation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Nicquel Terry Ellis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

courtesy Jake KleinmahonBut this past spring the Republican-led state legislature passed a series of controversial bills that targeted the LGBTQ community. Many of the laws enacted have been met with legal challenges from advocacy groups and LGBTQ families. In Louisiana, Kleinmahon said he lobbied against the laws, calling state lawmakers and writing letters to the state’s senate education committee. “It really showed that they just don’t care,” Kleinmahon told CNN. courtesy Katherine SasserThe challenge of movingBut relocating across the country hasn’t been an easy decision, LGBTQ families told CNN.

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☆ Bayer says Parkinson's stem cell therapy improves symptoms in initial trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Ludwig Burger | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

FRANKFURT, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Bayer (BAYGn.DE) said an experimental stem cell therapy developed by its U.S. subsidiary BlueRock had shown signs of easing Parkinson’s disease symptoms in an early 12-patient trial. The German drugmaker announced the trial had succeeded in a brief summary in June, saying it was a first for a stem-cell Parkinson's therapy, but held back details for a medical conference. The five participants on a lower dose experienced 0.72 hours longer per day with well-controlled symptoms on average and the time of worsening symptoms was 0.75 hours shorter per day for them. For BlueRock's experimental therapy, the researchers took human pluripotent embryonic stem cells and transformed them into dopamine-producing nerve cells. Parkinson's, for which there is no cure and which affects more than 10 million people worldwide, causes progressive brain damage.

Persons: BlueRock, Christian Rommel, Bayer's, Britain's, Ludwig Burger, Susan Fenton Organizations: FRANKFURT, Bayer, U.S, drugmaker, International Congress, Cambridge University, South Korea's, CHA Hospital, Cyto Therapeutics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harvard University, Japan's Kyoto University Hospital, Thomson Locations: Copenhagen, Denmark, Australia, United States

☆ PrEPVacc: HIV vaccine trial that could be ‘the last roll of the dice’ this decade is underway
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Tom Page | Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

CNN —A novel trial that has been described as “the last roll of the dice” for a generation of HIV vaccines has entered its latter stages. Nearly 40 years since HIV was identified as the cause of AIDS, and 36 years since the first HIV vaccine trial, the medical community still does not have a working vaccine. But that is not necessarily why they were chosen to participate, said Eugene Ruzagira, PrEPVacc trial director. Evaluating the combination of a trial HIV vaccine and PrEP is a first, say organizers. “I did my very first HIV vaccine trial in 1991,” recalled Weber.

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☆ How Merve Emre became the hottest — and most reviled — name in literary criticism
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

Last winter, the 37-year-old literary critic and Wesleyan professor Merve Emre stood in front of a microphone in Rachel Comey's Soho boutique. While the others had largely opted to pull boldfaced names from the Review's archives — like a 1985 Gore Vidal piece about Tennessee Williams — Merve Emre would be reading Merve Emre. Emre has penned so many introductions for new anthologies and reissues that one fan joked on Twitter: "every new baby in 2024 comes with an introduction by merve emre." Courtesy of Merve Emre. Over her cocktail, Merve Emre told me what my profile on Merve Emre should be about.

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☆ How Merve Emre became the hottest — and most divisive — name in literary criticism
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

CNN —Ron Cephas Jones, who won two Emmy Awards for his acting on the hit television drama “This Is Us,” has died at age 66, according to his manager, Dan Spilo. “As a parent that’s the most fulfilling that I could ever feel at the moment,” Jones said after his win, according to Deadline. He was on and off a ventilator and had to learn to breathe, eat and walk again, the Times reported. Jones, right, starred as William Hill, the biological father of Randall Pearson, played by Sterling K. Brown, in "This Is Us." Ron Batzdorff/NBC/Getty ImagesBrown, who played opposite Jones in “This Is Us,” praised him in an Instagram post.

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☆ Doctors Transplanted a Pig Kidney Into a Person a Month Ago. It’s Still Working.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Amy Dockser Marcus | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Two research teams detail advancements in transplanting pig kidneys to humans, marking key steps on path to clinical trials
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —New advancements in transplanting pig kidneys to humans, detailed by two separate research teams on Wednesday, mark key steps forward in the evolving field of xenotransplantation, the use of non-human tissues or organs to treat medical conditions in humans. Both research teams used genetically modified pig kidneys that were transplanted into recipients experiencing brain death in what is considered pre-clinical human research. Other studies have demonstrated that this can occur when pig kidneys are transplanted in non-human primates. The team has been monitoring pig kidney transplants in a brain-dead decedent – a man named Maurice Miller, known as Mo, who died of a brain tumor – for nearly two months. “Over the last 20 years, we’ve gained a lot of information about how pig kidneys work to replace the functions in primates.

Persons: ”, Jayme Locke, Locke, ” Locke, NYU Langone, Maurice Miller, Mo, Robert Montgomery, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, “ We’re, Adam Griesemer, we’ve, ’ –, we’re Organizations: CNN, University of Alabama, Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, New York University, Health, Comprehensive Transplant Institute, ”, UAB, NYU, NYU Langone Transplant Institute, CNN Health, Liver Transplant, FDA, US Department of Health, Human, Transplantation Network

☆ Surgeons Improve Function of Kidneys Transplanted From Genetically Altered Pigs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Roni Caryn Rabin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

A number of studies last year demonstrated that pig kidneys that had been transplanted into brain-dead individuals made urine, an essential function, for short periods of time. “The really new finding here is that these pig kidneys can clear enough creatinine to support an adult human,” Dr. Locke said. “If you want to have life-sustaining kidney function, the kidneys have to do more than just make urine,” Dr. Locke said. A few months later, researchers at the University of Maryland transplanted a heart from a genetically modified pig into a 57-year-old patient with heart failure. So far, transplants of genetically modified pig kidneys have been made only to brain-dead patients.

Persons: ”, Jayme Locke, Dr, Locke Organizations: Transplant Institute, NYU Langone Health, University of Maryland, Revivicor, United Therapeutics Corporation, Langone Health, Food and Drug Administration Locations: Alabama, New York

☆ The climate crisis may cause this tiny, ancient species to go extinct
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And despite the fact that this ancient plant is one of the fastest-evolving species of moss known to science, it may not survive the climate crisis. The researchers embarked on multiple expeditions in the Himalayas to study Takakia moss. As the local temperature average increased each year, the population of Takakia moss decreased by 1.6% annually, the study authors noted. Takakia may die because of climate change, but the other mosses will survive, even if we humans cannot. Takakia may die because of climate change, but the other mosses will survive, even if we humans cannot.

Persons: ”, Ralf Reski, Ruoyang Hu, “, Takakia, ” Reski, Yikun, ” Hu, don’t Organizations: CNN, University of Freiburg, Capital Normal University, “ Locations: Tibetan, Japan, United States, Germany, Takakia, China, Tibet

☆ Australia mushroom poisoning: Four relatives came to lunch, three died with symptoms of 'death cap' poisoning
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Brisbane, Australia CNN —A meal of suspected death cap mushrooms served at a family lunch in late July is at the center of a homicide investigation in Australia following the deaths of three guests less than a week later. Victoria Health issued a warning about death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) in April, describing them as “extremely poisonous” and listing symptoms of consumption including violent stomach pains, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Native to Europe, death cap mushrooms were first confirmed in Australia in the 1960s, and they almost always grow near introduced trees, namely oaks, according to Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Toxins in death cap mushrooms cannot be destroyed by boiling, cooking, freezing, or drying and eating only a small portion can lead to death. “Obviously a lot of the items that we have seized will be forensically tested in the hope that can shed some light on what has occurred at the lunch,” Thomas said.

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☆ Lung transplant successful in two people with organs on wrong side of their bodies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Deer was added to the lung transplant list, but he faced an additional hurdle. Courtesy Northwestern MedicineThe genetic condition, called situs inversus, affects about 1 in every 10,000 people, according to the Cleveland Clinic. But having yet another rare condition that ends up causing enough lung damage that someone would need a lung transplant is even rarer,” Bharat said. Complicated surgeryLike Deer, Vega was put on the lung transplant waiting list, and like Deer, needed individualized treatment. Laura Brown/Courtesy Northwestern MedicineJust reattaching blood vessels created in utero for a left lung to openings on a “normal” right lung, for example, was especially difficult.

Persons: Dennis, Deer, ”, Ankit Bharat, Bharat, Yahaira Vega, situs, ” Bharat, Vega, “, Laura Brown, Vega —, Norvell Tolbert, ‘, ’, ” Deer, Gesturing Organizations: CNN, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern, Cleveland Clinic, Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute, “, Northwestern Medicine, Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic, Memorial Hospital Locations: Cook, Illinois, Chicago, Elgin , Illinois

☆ Tampa is becoming a Gen Z hotspot. 5 recent arrivals share why the city's 'becoming the new Miami.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Tampa, Florida, is becoming a popular place to move for younger millennials and Gen Zers. Below, why five 20-somethings moved to Tampa, in their own words, edited for length and clarity. Tampa has grown since I've moved here, and I think it's only going to get bigger. Noelle Lane, 23Nicole Lane Courtesy of Nicole LaneJob: Kindergarten teacherBefore Tampa: moved to Tampa at age 18 to attend collegeHome state: OhioI moved here in 2018 to go to the University of Tampa. I think Tampa is becoming a lot younger.

Persons: millennials, Zers, It's, somethings, Chris Brown, Chris Brown Job, Dylan, I've, I'd, —, Noelle Lane, Nicole Lane, That's, Alexander Signori, it's, Joe Steilberg, Parker Klein, Let's, Laura Treche, There's Organizations: Service, Tampa, Chicago Home, Home, University of Tampa, Attended Florida State University, Tech, Riverwalk Locations: Tampa, Florida, Wall, Silicon, Tampa , Florida, Miami, TikTok, Austin, San Francisco, Tallahassee , Florida ; Massachusetts, Ohio, Massachusetts Tampa, I'm, Massachusetts, Chicago, California, LA, Los Angeles and New York, Sarasota, Bayshore, Tallahassee Hometown, South Florida, Charlotte , North Carolina, Northeast Boston, Denver, Seattle . Tampa, Texas, Jacksonville, Dallas, Hyde, Orlando, Tallahassee, Durham , North Carolina . North Carolina, St, Clearwater

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Move on from Rocket Lab
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

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☆ India triggers inflation fears after imposing major rice export ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The government said it was imposing a ban on non-basmati white rice after retail rice prices climbed 3% in a month after late but heavy monsoon rains caused significant damage to crops. The category impacted, non-basmati white and broken rice, accounted for around 10 million tons of a total of 22 million tons of Indian rice exports last year. His administration has extended a ban on wheat exports after curbing rice shipments in September 2022. Vietnam’s 5% broken rice was offered at $515 to $525 per metric ton, its highest since 2011. Buyers may move to Thailand and Vietnam, but their 5% broken rice could cost $600 per metric ton, said one European trader.

Persons: Narendra Modi, B.V, Krishna Rao, Rice, ” Rao, Rao, El Organizations: Delhi Reuters, Rice, Association, Reuters, El Nino Locations: Delhi, India, Ukraine, Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, New Delhi, Benin, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Togo, Guinea, Bangladesh, Nepal, Punjab, Haryana, Rice, China, Philippines

The government said it was imposing the ban after retail rice prices climbed 3% in a month as late monsoon rains damaged crops. While a late monsoon caused a major shortfall of rain up to mid-June, heavy rains since have caused significant damage. India accounts for more than 40% of world rice exports but low inventories mean any cut in shipments will fuel food prices driven up by Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year and erratic weather. His administration has extended a ban on wheat exports after curbing rice shipments in September 2022. "India would disrupt the global rice market with far greater velocity than Ukraine did in the wheat market with Russia's invasion," B.V. Krishna Rao, president of the Rice Exporters Association told Reuters.

Persons: Rice, Narendra Modi, Krishna Rao, Rao, El, Michael Hogan, Jan Harvey, David Evans, Conor Humphries Organizations: Rice, Association, Reuters, El, Farmers, El Nino, Thomson Locations: India, Ukraine, DELHI, Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, New Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rice, West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, China, Philippines, Hamburg

☆ What’s in Our Queue? ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Christopher Kuo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Writing in New YorkChristopher Kuo Writing in New YorkWhat’s in Our Queue? ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and MoreI’m the reporting fellow on The Times’s Culture desk. As a recent New York City transplant, I’m exploring the city by taking in some of its many cultural attractions. Here are five things I’ve heard, seen and watched recently →

Persons: New York Christopher Kuo, Kimberly Akimbo ’, I’ve Locations: New York, New York City

☆ Why Indian farmers worry despite 'average' monsoon rains
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Rajendra Jadhav | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

While average monsoon rains are ordinarily good for Indian farmers, uneven distribution this year has created new worries. ERRATIC DISTRIBUTIONSome northern and north-western states have received excessive rains, while southern and eastern regions have been unusually dry. Only a third of the country has received average rainfall so far this season, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data. Meanwhile, about 34% of India has received deficient rains and 32% excessive rainfall, the data shows. Heavy rainfall has damaged newly planted rice crops in northern states such as Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and many farmers may have to replant.

Persons: El, Rajendra Jadhav, Tony Munroe, Tom Hogue Organizations: India Meteorological Department, Reuters, Farmers, El Nino, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, India, El Nino, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Bihar, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, New Delhi, rapeseed

☆ Florida's rising water temperatures raise concerns for health of coral reefs, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Maria Cardona | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MIAMI/KEY WEST, Florida, July 15 (Reuters) - Rising temperatures in Florida's waters due to climate change have sparked an extreme stressor for coral reefs causing bleaching, which has scientists concerned. Just within the last week, as the U.S. South struggles under a heat wave, NOAA has reported Florida water temperatures in the mid-90s Fahrenheit (35 C). Coral reefs create homes for millions of species of marine life, support healthy ocean food webs and protect coastlines, experts say. Florida's coral reefs are also a tourist attraction and help support the local economy. Reporting by Maria Alejandra Cardona in Miami and Key West, Florida Writing by Matthew Lewis; editing by Diane CraftOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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