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QUICK HITS | Dalton Risner Puts On Bengals Cleats: ‘This Organization Fits The Mold For Me As A Person’

QUICK HITS | Dalton Risner Puts On Bengals Cleats: ‘This Organization Fits The Mold For Me As A Person’

The outgoing Dalton Risner had never met anyone on the Bengals offensive line. But that changed quickly Thursday when he bumped into another outgoing big man as center Ted Karras met Risner walking into the locker room for the first time after signing the club’s most ballyhooed free-agent deal of the year. “I’m Ted,” said Karras, grabbing a hand and …

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Pig lung transplanted into a person in world first

Pig lung transplanted into a person in world first

Credit: Xijing Hospital of the Air Force Medical University/Xinhua via Alamy A lung from a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a person for the first time1. The recipient, a 39-year-old man in China, was brain dead, but the organ survived for nine days. At least half a dozen people in the United States and China have received organs …

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Person in U.S. diagnosed with flesh-eating screwworm after travel to El Salvador

Person in U.S. diagnosed with flesh-eating screwworm after travel to El Salvador

NEW YORK (AP) — A person who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm — the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis on Aug. 4. Federal health officials acknowledged the infection in an emailed statement Monday, but did …

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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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New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say

New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say

(Corrects throughout that new human case of screwworm is not the first recorded case in U.S. history) By Cassandra Garrison and Tom Polansek BUENOS AIRES/CHICAGO (Reuters) -A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been identified in a person in Maryland who had traveled to the United States from Guatemala, according to four sources familiar with the situation. The person, …

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Exclusive: New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say – Reuters

Exclusive: New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say  Reuters Flesh-eating screwworm parasite detected in person in US for first time  Sky News Texas A&M entomologist breaks down New World screwworm eradication method  KBTX News 3 Efforts to keep screwworm at bay  Boston Herald FDA’s emergency drug use for NWS needs prescriptions, record-keeping  Brownfield Ag News …

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Exclusive: First human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say – Reuters

Exclusive: First human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say  Reuters Texas A&M entomologist breaks down New World screwworm eradication method  KBTX News 3 FDA’s emergency drug use for NWS needs prescriptions, record-keeping  Brownfield Ag News Texas Farm Bureau Commends Funding, Construction of Domestic Sterile Fly Production Facility  Morning Ag Clips Efforts to keep screwworm at …

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Jillian Michaels’ Ex Jackie Warner Slams Her Amid ‘Biggest Loser’ Backlash: ‘A Horrible Person’ | Jackie Warner, Jillian Michaels | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Jillian Michaels’ Ex Jackie Warner Slams Her Amid ‘Biggest Loser’ Backlash: ‘A Horrible Person’ | Jackie Warner, Jillian Michaels | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Jillian Michaels‘ ex-girlfriend Jackie Warner has some really harsh things to say about the former The Biggest Loser star. The comments resurfaced in the days following the release of Netflix’s new documentary Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser, which investigated what happened behind-the-scenes during the making of the NBC competition series. Jillian‘s behavior on the show was …

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