Tag: biomedical ethics
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Restricting Fetal Tissue Research Threatens Medical Breakthroughs
Why Fetal Tissue Research Has Shaped Medical Progress Across decades, human fetal tissue research (HFT) has contributed to advances in vaccines, therapies, and our understanding of complex diseases. Scientists often rely on carefully regulated HFT studies to model human biology in ways that animal models cannot fully replicate. The result has been important insights into…
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Pig Liver Breakthrough: Genetically Engineered Organ Sustains Human Metabolism for 31 Days
Overview of a Historic Transplant In a landmark medical achievement, doctors have transplanted a genetically engineered pig liver into a living human for the first time. The procedure, conducted to explore the viability of xenotransplantation (animal-to-human organ transfer), demonstrated that a pig liver can function and support essential metabolic processes in a human body for…