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For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves
10 March 2025 at 16:06

For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves

10 March 2025 at 16:06

By: Roni Caryn Rabin

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial ethical questions remain.

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Dialysis May Prolong Life for Older Patients. But Not by Much.
1 September 2024 at 16:24

Dialysis May Prolong Life for Older Patients. But Not by Much.

1 September 2024 at 16:24

By: Paula Span

In one recent study, the challenging regimen added 77 days of life after three years. Often, kidney disease can be managed in other ways.

Dialysis can cause side effects like infections, fatigue and itching, and often means hours each week in health care centers, where most older adults don’t want to be.