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Pig lung transplanted into brain-dead person for 9 days in world-first experiment

Pig lung transplanted into brain-dead person for 9 days in world-first experiment

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, doctors in China transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead person. Similar experiments involving brain-dead patients have previously taken place in the U.S., but they involved different pig organs, such as kidneys and hearts, and a previous experiment in China involved a pig liver. These experiments have paved the way to transplants …

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Higher tariffs on furniture to be announced within next 50 days, Trump says

Higher tariffs on furniture to be announced within next 50 days, Trump says

President Donald Trump on Friday announced he’s directing his administration to investigate imports of furniture into the United States that will lead to higher tariffs by October. “Within the next 50 days, that Investigation will be completed, and Furniture coming from other Countries into the United States will be Tariffed at a Rate yet to be determined,” Trump wrote in …

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Kennedy Center names new dance programming director, days after staff firings : NPR

Kennedy Center names new dance programming director, days after staff firings : NPR

A choreographer and former dancer with The Washington Ballet, Stephen Nakagawa, has been named the new head of the Kennedy Center’s dance programming, days after the entire staff of the renowned performing arts institution’s dance department was fired. In a press statement sent to NPR on Monday, the president of the Kennedy Center, Richard Grenell, said: “Stephen is a celebrated …

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Commanders have 13 days to get Terry McLaurin ready

Commanders have 13 days to get Terry McLaurin ready

Yes, all hold-ins must come to an end. At some point. In Washington, it ended with receiver Terry McLaurin signing a new four-year contract (a three-year extension) that will pay him “up to” $32 million per year. As usual, the structure will say plenty — from signing bonus to the full guarantee at signing to the practical guarantee. The key …

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The days of custom Android ROMs are numbered, and Google is to blame

The days of custom Android ROMs are numbered, and Google is to blame

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Android used to be synonymous with freedom. If you didn’t like your phone’s interface or bloatware, you could simply install a custom ROM — the colloquial term for a forked version of the Android operating system. But that golden era is quickly disappearing, as yet another major Android fork has run into troubles. CalyxOS, a …

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Why some animals live days and others live for centuries

Why some animals live days and others live for centuries

Bowhead whales can live more than 200 years. Tiny shrews barely make it a year. Some sea sponge species are over 15,000 years old. That gap raises a straightforward question: what’s different at the biological level? Instead of hunting for a single “longevity gene,” researchers looked for patterns across sets of related genes that might scale up in species with …

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Kellen Moore to name Saints starting quarterback in “next few days”

Kellen Moore to name Saints starting quarterback in “next few days”

In May, Saints coach Kellen Moore predicted that one of the candidates for the starting quarterback job “will rise” to take it in the preseason. That didn’t happen. And so, Moore will have to make a decision. The candidates are Spencer Rattler, rookie Tyler Shough, and Jake Haener. The depth chart still shows all three of them as first-stringers. Soon, …

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Trump repeatedly pointed finger at Bolton in the days before raids – The Washington Post

Trump repeatedly pointed finger at Bolton in the days before raids  The Washington Post Opinion | FBI raid targeting Bolton crosses a line in the Trump revenge campaign  The Washington Post Opinion | John Bolton, Trump and the Crisis of Trust in Federal Law Enforcement  The New York Times Vance denies that Bolton investigation stems from Trump criticism  NBC News ‘Militarization of politics’: How …

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