10 incredible predictions of the future
What will the future hold for us? It is a question that has always been asked. Here are 10 predictions of the future centered in full by illustrious characters
What will the future hold for us? It is a question that has always been asked. Here are 10 predictions of the future centered in full by illustrious characters
Lungs 3D printed from a patient's cells? Progress and a date for the first human tests: 2027
ERX-41 shows such promising results that it immediately leads to clinical trials - hope is now a versatile cure for several difficult cancers.
The perfusion machine developed in Switzerland allows a liver that has been successfully transplanted to last longer and prepare well.
Double hand transplant for scleroderma is the first of its kind in the world, and can provide many insights into improving transplants.
WHO notes admit the possibility of an adenovirus as the cause of the global outbreak of acute hepatitis in children.
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The protagonist of an extraordinary transplant, the first of its kind and the one with the longest survival, did not make it. His pig heart couldn't take it.
The biocompatible antimicrobial cornea adhesive will be able to replace conventional sutures and adhesives which have negative side effects.
A xenotransplantation without rejection from pig to man: this is the magnificent result obtained by a US team
A new bioartificial kidney, the first in the world with these characteristics, can eliminate the need for transplants and dialysis.
The first totally artificial heart transplant is a success: it imitates human behavior, complete with liquid pumped inside.
A deadly poison that creates a lifesaving drug for transplants and strokes? Each medal always has another face.
We produced a tear gland in the lab, and it works almost as well as ours: now we're making it cry (for good)
The study of transcription factors for cellular reprogramming allows a US Air Force team to develop a remedy that can heal wounds 5 times faster.
Sexuality evolves rapidly and will lead us to transcend our limits of space, time and body. But will we still be able to remain human?
Aortic insufficiency now leads to heart transplant. But tomorrow? An EPFL team in Switzerland creates an artificial aorta that supports the heart.
An oxygenation technique recovers lungs to be transplanted otherwise considered unsuitable, and extends their availability.
A new method turns human pluripotent stem cells into insulin-producing cells, which quickly cured acute diabetes in mice.
A new method makes human organ tissues completely transparent: an important step towards reducing the wait for transplants.
Fundamental discovery to make stem-based treatments on patients with kidney disease much easier: they can avoid kidney transplantation.