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The little girl has five organs turned upside down
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The little girl has five organs turned upside down

An English girl born and survived with extremely special things on her body: 5 spleen, 1 hole in the heart, liver damage and lying in the wrong position, the lungs were…

December 18, 2018
Can we live without the spleen?
Medicine - Health

Can we live without the spleen?

The idea that someone will take a part from our bodies is really scary, most people hope that it will only happen in horror movies.

December 15, 2018
American developed 'artificial spleen'
Medicine - Health

American developed 'artificial spleen'

The function of the spleen is to filter the blood. However, when we are seriously ill or injured, the spleen sometimes is not strong enough to remove toxins from the blo…

December 14, 2018
'Cultivation of human organs in pigs' bodies
Medicine - Health

'Cultivation of human organs in pigs' bodies

Scientists at the University of Tokyo, Japan have announced that they can cultivate any organ within a body of another species by injecting the stem cells of an organ th…

December 14, 2018
New hope for diabetics
Medicine - Health

New hope for diabetics

Artificial spleen - a medical breakthrough - has just been successfully developed by British scientists.

December 14, 2018
Be careful when taste changes
Medicine - Health

Be careful when taste changes

Tongue is an organ that helps the body taste enough sour, sweet, bitter, salty, and spicy tastes, based on tiny nipples distributed very thickly on the tongue surface, w…

December 14, 2018