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Extraordinary TEDMED Video About Growing New Organs

“Every thirty seconds a patient dies from diseases that could be treated with tissue replacement.” That was one of the [...]

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China: “We Don’t Use Executed Prisoners for Organs…Not Anymore”

The Chinese government has many strengths, but I don’t think that international PR is one of them. In a report [...]

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Britain vs. The Organ Black Market

Nations tend to fight over land, minerals, ideologies…and now organs. Public outrage spread through the UK earlier this year when [...]

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Growing Organs in the Lab

Why transplant an organ when you can grow yourself a new one? This research isn’t something that might happen in [...]

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