Pig Kidney Successfully Transplanted and Functioning in Human Body for Over a Month

August 17, 2023

Maurice Miller, a 57-year-old man who is brain-dead, is being kept alive at NYU Langone Health in New York City for a groundbreaking study. Doctors are studying his transplanted pig kidney, which has been functioning for 32 days, a record-breaking time. This is significantly longer than what was previously observed in pig kidney transplants …

The Atlantic: The Tick Infestation Prevails

July 24, 2023

Throughout my life, I have never been bitten by a tick. However, I cannot say for certain if this is true, as tick bites often go unnoticed. Adela Oliva Chavez, a tick researcher at Texas A&M University, recalls her childhood experiences of having hundreds of ticks on her, yet never realizing until her aunt removed …