Jonathan Lambert
Xenotransplanation: Why the first pig-to-human kidney transplant was a momentous event
Surgeons in New York City successfully attached a pig kidney to a human patient and watched the pinkish organ function ...
Ethical pros and cons of infecting healthy volunteers in quest for COVID-19 vaccine
Instead of vaccinating hundreds to thousands of people and waiting to see if they naturally catch the virus, scientists would ...
Aggression, trainability and other dog traits linked to genetics in study
Among 101 dog breeds, scientists found that certain behavioral traits such as trainability or aggression were more likely to be shared ...
What jellyfish can show us about complex evolution through simple genomes
You might expect that as bodies became more complex, genomes did as well. But a recent study appearing in Nature Ecology & Evolution ...
Are our microbes part of us? ‘Radical upgrade’ of evolutionary theory
Look closely enough at any plant or animal and you will discover a riot of bacteria, fungi and viruses forming ...