by Leroy Hurt | Jul 6, 2013 | Issues.Ethics, Sectors.SciTech.Bio
Via Reason and Popular Science: …the technology required for successful human-head transplantation is finally here, and that it could be used to help people with irreparable damage to their bodies and spinal cords. Would A Human Head Transplant Be Ethical? | Popular...
by Leroy Hurt | Jul 6, 2013 | Issues.Ethics, Sectors.SciTech.Bio
Via Reason and Popular Science: …the technology required for successful human-head transplantation is finally here, and that it could be used to help people with irreparable damage to their bodies and spinal cords. Would A Human Head Transplant Be Ethical? | Popular...
by Leroy Hurt | Mar 30, 2013 | Sectors.Health, Sectors.SciTech.Bio
Via The Seattle Times: The agency cleared J&J’s Invokana tablets for adults with Type 2 diabetes, which affects an estimated 26 million Americans. The once-a-day medication works by blocking the kidneys from reabsorbing sugar, which occurs at higher levels...
by Leroy Hurt | Mar 30, 2013 | Sectors.Health, Sectors.SciTech.Bio
Via The Seattle Times: The agency cleared J&J’s Invokana tablets for adults with Type 2 diabetes, which affects an estimated 26 million Americans. The once-a-day medication works by blocking the kidneys from reabsorbing sugar, which occurs at higher levels...
by Leroy Hurt | Mar 24, 2013 | Sectors.SciTech.Bio
Via WSJ: Since a laboratory in North Carolina made a bladder in 1996, scientists have built increasingly more complex organs. There have been five windpipe replacements so far. A London researcher, Alex Seifalian, has transplanted lab-grown tear ducts and an artery...
by Leroy Hurt | Mar 24, 2013 | Sectors.SciTech.Bio
Via WSJ: Since a laboratory in North Carolina made a bladder in 1996, scientists have built increasingly more complex organs. There have been five windpipe replacements so far. A London researcher, Alex Seifalian, has transplanted lab-grown tear ducts and an artery...