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Machine That Keeps Livers Alive for a Week Can Repair Damaged Organs

Scientific American May 2020A new device could ultimately increase the number of usable livers for transplants and could perhaps preserve…

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Coronavirus: More Is Different – Scientific American Blog Network

In trying to make sense of this rapidly changing COVID-19 world, I reflected on the recent passing of one of…

5 years ago

Genetic Engineering Could Make a COVID-19 Vaccine in Months Rather Than Years

On January 10, when Chinese researchers published the genome of a mysterious, fast-spreading, virus, it confirmed Dan Barouch’s greatest worry.…

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Science News Briefs From Around the World

Mount Vesuvius and the surrounding region, photographed from the International Space Station, January 30, 2017. Credit: Earth Observatory, NASAHere are…

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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Could End

We know how the COVID-19 pandemic began: Bats near Wuhan, China, hold a mix of coronavirus strains, and sometime last…

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‘Spider-Man’ Immune Response May Promote Severe COVID-19

The menagerie of immune cells and proteins that defend the human body have received mounting scrutiny in struggles to ward…

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Psychological Trauma Is the Next Crisis for Coronavirus Health Workers

After his roughest days in a New York City emergency room, physician Matthew Bai feels his whole body relax when…

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Widely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers at Serious Risk

With medical supplies in high demand, federal authorities say health workers can wear surgical masks for protection while treating COVID-19…

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Summer Presents Dangerous Choice: Swelter in Quarantine or Risk Contagion

Summer arrived early for parts of the Southwest last weekend, as a heat wave sizzled across Southern California and into…

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Beware of Antibody-based COVID-19 “Immunity Passports”

COVID-19 has rendered conventional passports pointless for the foreseeable future. But many countries are exploring the idea of a new…

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