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Alabama Woman Receives Nation’s Third Pig Kidney Transplant
The patient, Towana Looney, was in better health than previous recipients, and her case could signal progress toward solving the organ-supply shortage.The New York Times - 17h -
An Alabama woman is doing well after the latest experimental pig kidney transplant
An Alabama woman received a pig kidney transplant last month and is free from dialysis for the first time in eight yearsABC News - 19h -
Who wants a pig organ? Patients sick and tired of waiting years for a transplant
People worried they'll never get a scarce human transplant want to know when they might get a pig kidney insteadABC News - 20h -
A Third Person Has Received a Transplant of a Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney
A 53-year-old woman was the third to undergo the transplant procedure. Researchers are hoping to monitor the long-term effects.Wired - 21h -
Engineered Arts restructures with $10M to create humanoid robots
Engineered Arts, a United Kingdom firm making humanoid robots, has restructured as a U.S. company and raised $10 million.VentureBeat - 22h -
An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis
An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysisABC News - 22h -
Stop Calling Online Scams ‘Pig Butchering,’ Interpol Warns
Experts say the catchall term for online fraud furthers harm against victims and could dissuade people from reporting attempts to bilk them out of their money.Wired - 1d -
With 'Sujo,' Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez set out to make a different kind of narco film
Currently playing at select Cinépolis theaters around the country, 'Sujo' tracks the difficult upbringing of a young man trying to escape falling prey to the same fate as his criminal father.Los Angeles Times - 1d -
Surgeons implant new kind of engineered pig kidney
Surgeons successfully completed the fifth gene-edited pig organ transplant for an Alabama woman who needed a new kidney. Towana Looney, 53, underwent the procedure after eight years of dialysis. ...The Hill - 15h -
Alabama woman doing well after gene-edited pig kidney transplant
Towana Looney, a 53-year-old Alabama woman, is now free from years of dialysis after receiving an experimental pig kidney transplant last month.CBS News - 20h -
Why the first successful pig kidney transplant offers new hope for thousands awaiting donors
NYU Langone Health announced the groundbreaking transplant of a gene-edited pig kidney into a 53-year-old Alabama woman. Now free from dialysis, she is the only person in the world living with a ...CBS News - 21h -
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Tips for work success in 2025, from a former Google exec: It's 'the kind of stuff that gets you promoted'
Former Google executive Jenny Wood recommends asking for what you want in 2025. Taking that risk is "the kind of stuff that gets you promoted."CNBC - 1d -
Why the Franco-German engine that powered the EU is now almost kaput
As they confront a marauding Trump, trade tensions with China and their own upheavals, the bloc’s two biggest countries are at a crossroads. “When France and Germany advance, all Europe advances. ...The Guardian - 3d -
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Syrians Celebrated a New Chapter
Also, McKinsey will pay $650 million in an opioid settlement. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.The New York Times - 4d -
Bird strike disables engine and forces jetliner to turn back in New York City
American Airlines flight with 196 people took off from LaGuardia airport before a bird strike forced it to land at JFK. A bird strike involving an American Airlines jetliner disabled one of the ...The Guardian - 4d -
American Airlines flight diverts to JFK after apparent bird strike damages engine
An American Airlines flight had to divert to John F. Kennedy International after takeoff after a reported bird strike caused damage to one of the aircraft's engines.ABC News - 4d -
The Witcher 4: First Trailer, Story Details, Unreal Engine 5, And Everything Else We Know
The Witcher 4 is on the way The Witcher 4 is on he way, and it just got a brand-new traile r. Polish developer CD Projekt Red found massive success with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which scored ...GameSpot - 4d -
The cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear?
Cochlear implantation is controversial in ways that parallel medical situations – such as artificial limbs and cornea transplants – are not. Why does this issue provoke such fierce debate?. This ...The Guardian - 6d -
New York’s Best New Restaurants of 2024
Our three critics name the places, from classic French dining to a buzzing shawarma stall, that dazzled them the most this year.The New York Times - 6d -
Virginia New Members 2025
Rep.-elect John McGuire (R-Va.-5) Date of Birth / Aug. 24, 1968 Residence / Goochland County, Va. Occupation / Small business owner, SEAL Team PT Inc. Family / Married to wife Tracy with five ...The Hill - Dec. 11 -
Delaware New Members 2025
Sen.-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) Date of Birth / Feb. 10, 1962 Residence / Wilmington, Del. Education / B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University; master’s degree in urban affairs and public ...The Hill - Dec. 11 -
Florida New Members 2025
Rep.-elect Michael Haridopolos (R-Fla.-8) Date of Birth / March 15, 1970 Residence / Indian Harbour Beach, Fla. Occupation / Consultant, Author, Professor (University of Florida, Eastern Florida ...The Hill - Dec. 11 -
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Cadillac team to use Ferrari engines on F1 debut
Ferrari will supply engines to the new Cadillac team if its entry is approved for the 2026 Formula 1 season.BBC News - Dec. 10 -
Xi says China will remain world’s ‘growth engine’
Stocks rise after Beijing signals more measures to boost economyFinancial Times - Dec. 10 -
Muscle Implants Could Allow Mind-Controlled Prosthetics—No Brain Surgery Required
Startup Phantom Neuro is building an implant that sits under the skin and promises to give amputees more accurate control of electronic prosthetics.Wired - Dec. 9 -
Trump surgeon general pick involved in gun accident that killed her father at age 13
Nominee Dr Janette Nesheiwat knocked over gun in 1990, causing it to fire and fatally shoot father in the head. Donald Trump ’s nominee for US surgeon general – Dr Janette Nesheiwat – accidentally ...The Guardian - Dec. 8 -
Inside a one-of-a-kind home for teens and adults with autism
About one in every 36 children is diagnosed with a form of autism. A New York facility is seeing success in treating some of the most profound cases — and providing a welcome home for teens and ...CBS News - Dec. 7 -
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How Childhood Tragedy Shaped the Doctor Trump Picked for Surgeon General
At the age of 13, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat said she accidentally knocked over a box in a darkened room. A handgun went off, leaving her father dead.The New York Times - Dec. 6 -
Patients' families say reports on disgraced child surgeon a whitewash
Families of children operated on by Yaser Jabbar say independent reports into their care are a "whitewash".BBC News - Dec. 6 -
Effort to cut federal workforce takes aim at key US jobs engine
Government and healthcare have emerged as biggest source of American employment, particularly for knowledge workersFinancial Times - Dec. 5 -
A New Benchmark for the Risks of AI
MLCommons provides benchmarks that test the abilities of AI systems. It wants to measure the bad side of AI next.Wired - Dec. 4 -
Campari Names New CEO
The Aperol maker said it would appoint Simon Hunt as its new chief executive officer, months after Matteo Fantacchiotti resigned from the role for personal reasons.The Wall Street Journal - Dec. 4 -
OpenAI Poaches 3 Top Engineers From DeepMind
The new hires, all experts in computer vision, are the latest AI researchers to jump to a direct competitor in an intensively competitive talent market.Wired - Dec. 4 -
This 22-year-old once dreamt of becoming a software engineer—instead, she just directed her first TV commercial
Ash Xu once thought she'd grow up to be a software engineer. Instead, the 22-year-old is fresh off directing her first TV commercial.CNBC - Dec. 3 -
New Rules for Recruiters
Evaluating talent has become a lot more complicated, especially since truth became optional. So I’m taking a new approach.Inc. - Dec. 3 -
How This Engineer Entrepreneur Scaled STEAM Education for Kids
At Jenny Young’s growing Brooklyn Robot Foundry, budding tinkerers get hands-on training to create the technology of the future.Inc. - Dec. 2
