Heart in a box

Got a live one. Here’s a macabre story, though a life saver. I always thought it was weird to see Styrofoam ice chests sitting outside a surgery room, or being carried around a hospital. I suspected often the...

Ontario Science Centre Body Worlds Exhibit: Human Forms Dissected

The Body Worlds Exhibition returns 4 years after its first visit to Toronto and will be on exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) until February 28, 2010. This second Body Worlds Exhibition features more than...

Japanese Scientists Grow Teeth In Mice

Scientists in Japan have managed to grow fully functional teeth in mice using stem cells, and are hopeful the same technique can be used to grow human organs in the future. The researchers created a seed...

70 ill in China after eating tainted pig organs

After death in coal mine there is another bad news from China. Eating tainted pig organs proved costly and at least 70 people in Southern China fell sick. " At least 70 people in Guangdong province have suffered food poisoning over the past three days after eating pig organs...

US 'pregnant man' expecting again.......questioning nature?

Natural law is at challange again, this time by a male who is ready to give birth to child. " Thomas Beatie, the US "pregnant man" who gave birth to a daughter in June, is expecting his second child. The...

Pig organs ‘available to patients in a decade’

Pig organs have for a long time been seen as a possibly beeing able to be used as in humans but rejection has been a problem. Now scientists have announced that using genetically modified pigs bred specifically...

Man sues restaurant after passing a 9-foot tapeworm

Two years ago Anthony Franz started eating at Shaw’s Crab House in Chicago.  He apparently became ill after eating a salmon salad, and ended up passing a 9-foot tapeworm. A pathologist said the tapeworm...

Beached sperm whale dies in firth

A whale which got stuck on the beach near Inverness, Scotland has died, bringing the creature's sad story to a conclusion. Send in any photos or videos you might have of attempts to rescue this poor thing."A...

US 'pregnant man' has baby girl

This American had best of both genders. Initially born as female and then became man but again became female to deliver a baby."An American man who was born female but underwent gender realignment surgery, has...

Doctor pushes Australian organ sales

An Australian doctors suggestion of payment for kidney donation has kicked off a big debate. He had suggeted government to pay every kidney donor to help in kidney shortages. " An Australian kidney specialist sparked national debate Monday by suggesting the government...

Corsets - the Many Benefits of Wearing a Corset

"For some women when the thought of slipping on a Corset comes to mind, one can only think of lying down on the bed trying to squeeze into an uncomfortable garment that is two sizes too small, or maybe having to have someone else lace or snap up the back of the piece so that...

'Kidney racket' exposed in India

"Last week, police in Gurgaon, a suburb of the capital Delhi, raided a house which was used to carry out illegal kidney transplants. Hundreds of poor labourers were tricked into selling kidneys, officials...

Revolutionary New Body Scanner

Makes you want to get scanned. "A revolutionary new scanner, the Philip’s Brilliance CT machine, gives 3D crystal-clear images which allows doctors to reduce the human body down to bones and blood vessels. There...

The Eye(s) Have It! – A Genetic Switch :: Oblate Spheroid

"An enzyme that researchers have isolated leads to replacement therapy procedures for the eye and replacement parts for the eye. In a new study released through the journal, Nature, a nitrogen-bearing molecule is...

Kids see the darnedest things

Planners associated with Body Worlds 3, which opened Friday at the St. Louis Science Center, don't recall children crying, screaming or running away. No one recalls reports of children having nightmares or other...

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