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Lab rats given human brain transplants could shed new light on diseases, say researchers | UK News
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A research team in the US has shown that human brain tissue implanted into rats can integrate into its host’s brain, promising to give scientists an entirely new way to study brain disorders – but raising ethical questions too. Professor Sergiu Pasca and colleagues at Stanford University in California took sesame seed-sized clumps of human…
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Faecal transplants to be offered to hundreds with antibiotic-resistant superbug | UK News
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Hundreds of people with a hard-to-treat superbug are to be offered faecal transplants to tackle their infections. A faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) involves taking healthy bacteria “in a mixture of prepared processed stool from a healthy donor” to the intestine of another person. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) says the process…