Alzheimer's is a cruel disease that blights the lives of millions worldwide, slowly robbing them of their memories and independence. Now, scientists at McGill University, Canada, may have found a key to treating the neurological disease — by transplanting brain cells. Scientists believe that replacing damaged astrocytes could help restore some of the lost brain function seen in Alzheimer's, as …
WASHINGTON — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis because surgeons had to remove the gradually failing organ after just 47 days. The first patient to receive a pig kidney transplant, Richard “Rick” Slayman at Massachusetts General Hospital, died in early May, nearly two months after his transplant. Pisano’s heart and kidneys were failing when, …
