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A groundbreaking discovery by Canadian researchers has identified a microRNA capable of protecting delicate kidney blood vessels after injury, opening new possibilities for early diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease. Credit: Shutterstock Millions of kidney patients could benefit from early detection and prevention as a result of the breakthrough made by scientists at the CRCHUM. In a groundbreaking achievement, …

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 …

TL;DR A trusted outlet has posted the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold’s specs. It looks like the phone will indeed have an IP68 rating for the first time in a foldable. The foldable is also listed with a 5x telephoto camera but 10x ‘optical’ zoom. Google will launch the Pixel 10 phones next week, and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold …

A study of five common Australian bird species in southeast Queensland has found on average, 4.8 percent of them have sexual organs that don’t align with their chromosomes. The authors don’t know the cause of the deviation from biology textbooks, nor how representative the findings are for avian populations elsewhere, but it does appear to be more common than thought …

Eight healthy babies have been born in the U.K. using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the people behind a world-first trial said Wednesday. The findings were hailed as a breakthrough, which raises hopes that women with mutations in their mitochondrial DNA could one day have children without passing debilitating …