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Chinese scientists have successfully transplanted the first gene-edited whole pig liver into a human in a breakthrough that could help alleviate organ shortages.The pig liver, which was edited to delete multiple genes associated with proteins that cause organ rejection, was transplanted into a brain-dead patient on ...

The drug hydroxychloroquine was prescribed off-label during the pandemic and touted in particular by a prominent French researcher. ADVERTISEMENTThe antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine may have induced nearly 17,000 deaths in six countries during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.This molecule was presented d...