By Reinina Zhang Xenotransplantation: the past, the present, and the promising future. The world’s first combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant was performed at NYU Langone Health in mid-April this year. In a hospital room of NYU Langone Health Hospital, Dr. Robert Montgomery moves urgently among
By Bhanu Sontela MIT and Nanyang University engineers developed an affordable lead contamination sensor according to a MIT News article published in May 2024. This device provides an alternative to traditional lead testing methods, often involving costly laboratory analysis and long wait times for results. “There’s this problem that
By Ina Kim Watching grotesque humans covered in mushrooms run in ruined cities would certainly not please anyone to eat mushrooms now, because The Last of Us has the exact gruesome image of these human fungus-infected zombies. Cordyceps. It’s a type of fungus that infects insects using spores in
By Ethan Eng Deadly Flesh-Eating Bacteria infections break record highs in Japan in June with experts theorizing it to be a repercussion of the immune system debt caused by COVID-19 restrictions. Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a type of strep bacteria that can cause varying infections ranging from minor to