New research has mapped the cell types that specialize to form reproductive organs in both sexes, identifying key genes and ...

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It is now routine for patients to wait weeks —or even months — for a basic check-up. In emergency rooms, waits of 10 hours or ...

More accurate and individualized health predictions will allow for preventative factors to be implemented well in advance.

In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient. The kidney had been engineered to mimic ...

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