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Jiangyu Zhu, 30, and Kayoko Kimbara, 32, who worked and lived together before their arrest, had been analyzing cells that could eliminate organ transplant rejection. The results of their research were “highly marketable scientific information,” according to FBI agent Scott Robbins’ affidavit...
Francis Daniels Moore ’35, a pioneer in the field of surgery who oversaw the first successful human organ transplant, died Nov. 24 of heart failure...
Moore led the way in the development of organ transplantation and heart surgery methods, heading the team that performed the first organ transplant in 1954—transferring a kidney between identical twins...
...normal weight. "It was based on only five people," he says, "and it's quite possible that had we studied a sixth, he would not show that." Still, the conclusion makes sense on its face. Ghrelin is produced mostly by cells in the stomach; if large parts of that organ are cut off from the rest of the digestive system, they may well stop churning out the hormone...
...theory of evolution challenged that of Charles Darwin's, of cancer; in New York City. Gould, who famously called human evolution "a fortuitous cosmic afterthought," authored The Mismeasure of Man and The Structure of Evolutionary Theory. DIED. CHANG CHANG, 35, the world's oldest captive giant panda, of multiple organ failure; in Jinan, China. Chang Chang's body will be preserved and put on display in the northwestern province of Gansu. DIED. NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE, 71, French pop artist and creator of the Nanas sculptures; in San Diego. Saint Phalle's other important works include...