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Is modern life making today's teenagers more depressed?

1 November 2017

The media is full of stories about a teenage mental health crisis, but the reality is more complex. The real problem is we don't do enough to help those who need it
Donor organs created by dissolving and rebuilding pig livers

Donor organs created by dissolving and rebuilding pig livers

30 October 2017

A liver grown in a lab by dissolving cells in a pig organ and then reinfusing it with new ones offers hope that we could create transplant organs on demand

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