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United Therapeutics’ xenothymokidney is an investigational-stage pig from a pig with a single genetic edit, together with tissue from the same pig’s thymus. This transplant builds on two successful UHeartTM transplants completed in 2022 and 2023 SILVER SPRING, Md. The transplant represents several historic firsts for transplantation: The first-ever combined mechanical heart pump and organ transplant. In December 2020, this pig line was approved
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1 year ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

We wanted to get the world record, but it was also a bit more of a low-key, not as stressful – like you're not doing your main event – way of opening up. We knew Brannon could buy us some wiggle room because he should be one of the best 1200m runners in the world. But honestly this was close to the best case scenario.
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1 year ago Read more at Citius Mag

The butane transloading facility is located near the Oklahoma State University-Tulsa. The city has asked a court to resolve a dispute over whether municipal or federal law takes precedence when it comes to regulating railroads operating within the city. In a petition for declaratory judgment, the city claims the facility is not allowed to operate on the property.
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1 year ago Read more at Tulsa World

On Earth Day, the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention teamed up to announce a new heat risk system. The color-coded system added magenta, a fifth-tier of heat severity, beyond red, to communicate extreme heat “rare and/or long-duration extreme heat with little to no overnight relief” The new risk system also projects out extreme weather in a seven-day forecast, allowing the public to prepare for heat accordingly.
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1 year ago Read more at Quartz

John Foraker, Co-Founder and CEO of Once Upon a Farm. In this episode, we discover the most valuable lessons John learned from scaling Annie’s Homegrown. How and why both John and Jennifer Garner got involved. The fundamental belief that drives John to use business as a force for positive social change.
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1 year ago Read more at PRINT Magazine

this year, the World Health Organization celebrates 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and the efforts to save and improve lives by protecting against vaccine-preventable diseases. Some cancer types are caused by infections. Fortunately, vaccines exist that can protect against some of these infections, such as vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV)
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1 year ago Read more at Business Insider

All-World Awards finalists for winter sports will be announced this week. Boys and girls swimming will be published on Wednesday; boys and girls wrestling on Thursday; boys basketball on Friday; and girls basketball on Saturday. Sunday is the World’s All-State boys and Girls basketball. Last fall, we announced athlete of the year finalists in football, cross country, volleyball and softball.
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Photographer Gareth Gardner encapsulates all of the anxieties and ambitions of the great British hedge. It was like a support group happened upon the roundabout by chance, in Kingsmead, near Northwich in Cheshire, when he was retracing the footsteps of late architecture critic Ian Nairn. In 2003, an argument over a hedge in Lincoln (which stood no more than a foot high) led one man to shoot his neighbour, then take his own life.
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1 year ago Read more at The Guardian

Bangor came in fifth on overall ranking after being tied for first place. Long Beach, California was ranked as the most polluted by ozone. Bakersfield, California, is worst by year-round particle pollution.
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1 year ago Read more at WABI