Word: organ
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...Five guys were in the band. We all had the same outfits--a royal blue jacket with a black velvet collar and black pants. And we played a mix of Beatles songs and surf instrumentals. There were probably 150 to 200 people in the audience. I played an organ and sang only incidentally. But I was one of the guys in the band who sang the best, so they gave me a microphone. I loved the noise we were making. It clicked...
...science cured every known disease of the elderly, you'd add only 15 years to current life expectancy," says Dr. Leonard Hayflick, professor of anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco, and author of How and Why We Age. Accidents and age-related loss of organ function would then start claiming the old--though some, at least in theory, would reach the 125-year mark...
...loved one has a heart that's failing or kidneys that are giving out, you already know the grim statistics on transplants. A new organ can turn a death sentence into a full and healthy life--but the supply of replacement body parts lags far behind the demand. According to the nonprofit United Network for Organ Sharing, which maintains the nation's transplant waiting lists, nearly 80,000 patients in the U.S. alone are standing by for new organs--and more than 5,000 people die each year before their turn comes...
...Scientists used cloning methods to locate and remove the GGTA1 gene from the pigs. GGTA1 is one of two genes that trigger the human immune response and resulting organ rejection. If a strain of pig is developed that lacks these genes, scientists believe that they could harvest their vital organs, such as the heart and lungs, and use them successfully in human patients. Such a process could shorten the wait for organ transplants, saving human lives. There are currently almost 80,000 people in need of organs for transplant in the U.S., according to the United Network for Organ Sharing...
...think anybody believes the debate is over." It only got hotter when an independent company, Advanced Cell Technology, said recently that it had cloned human embryos to produce stem cells. This so-called therapeutic cloning produces cells with the patient's own DNA, reducing problems with future organ transplants. Congress will debate the issue anew next year, when opposing bills on cloning and stem-cell related research will be presented...