Only four donors have transmitted rabies to organ transplant recipients since 1978, according to federal officials. By Rylee Kirk A man died of rabies after getting a kidney transplant from another ...
Head transplants aren’t new ideas—they go back to 1908 dog experiments, Frankenstein-inspired galvanism, and Soviet surgeon Vladimir Demikhov’s infamous two-headed canines. In the 1970s, Dr. Robert ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has instructed staffers to end all monkey research, according to a report in Science. The decision will affect studies involving some 200 macaques; ...
Darwin Monkey or 'Wukong' features over 2 billion artificial neurons and more than 100 billion synapses — similar to the neural structure of a macaque. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...
In 2015, Dr. Sergio Canavero announced plans to perform the world’s first human head transplant on Valery Spiridonov, a paralyzed Russian man. Years later, what actually happened to this shocking ...
Reports and investigations reveal potential patient abuse related to organ transplants, including accelerating deaths for organ procurement. A federal investigation found a Kentucky organ procurement ...
It’s a hairy situation. An influencer says his head “blew up like a balloon” after he violated the “no-sex rule” after undergoing a hair transplant in Turkey. “[I] woke up the next day and my head was ...
PITTSBURGH — Pitt quarterback Eli Holstein made a special visit to UPMC Children’s Hospital on Friday. And, he left with a new haircut. Holstein was visiting Julia Espinosa, a multi-organ transplant ...
Pitt Panthers quarterback Eli Holstein, his teammates and coaches are doing their part to boost the spirits of Julia Espinosa. The 13-year-old patient at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh has ...
A baby howler monkey clung to the back of an older male monkey, its tiny fingers grasping fur. But they’re not related and not even the same species. Scientists spotted surprising evidence of what ...
In March 1970, neurosurgeon Dr. Robert J. White performed the first cephalic transplant on two rhesus monkeys. Jenna El-Attar/ Guest Artist The scene is like any ordinary operating room. The surgeon ...