First human-monkey embryos created – a small step towards a huge ethical problem

We believe monkeys to have lower moral status than humans; but what about human-monkey chimeras?

How to grow human mini-livers in the lab to help solve liver disease

In a first, the organ was genetically engineered using induced pluripotent stem cells, a type of stem cell that can be generated from adult skin …

UK’s first successful womb transplant – key questions answered

We need to take care that in going to such great lengths to make gestational parenting possible, we are not creating a hierarchy in which the …

Malady to miracle: Leprosy bacteria grows liver in armadillos, gives hope for human organ regeneration

Study finds bacteria of the chronic infectious disease reprogrammed certain cells into ‘stem-like cells’

Pig heart transplant: A history of the animal’s contribution to medical sciences

In 1997, two surgeons were jailed when an Indian patient died after a pig organ transplant 

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 7, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

Genetically modified pig heart took longer than usual to beat for human receiver: Scientists

Longer ECG parameters signal heart diseases