Karen Keegan needed a kidney transplant. Routine tests were run. But what happened next stunned the entire medical team.When doctors tested her sons to find a compatible donor, the results came back impossible. Genetically, they weren’t her children. Not one match in the DNA. Not even half.Confused and heartbroken, Karen insisted they were biologically hers.…
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Finland’s nano-medicine delivered drugs to exact cancer cells, but pharmaceutical monopolies prevent US availability Finnish biotech company NanoMedix has created a targeted nano-delivery system that transports chemotherapy drugs directly and exclusively to cancer cells, eliminating the devastating side effects that make traditional chemo unbearable. The technology uses nanoparticles coated with antibodies that recognize cancer cell…
Japan’s artificial blood saves lives indefinitely without transfusions, yet the US military controls distribution rights exclusivelyJapanese researchers at Nara Medical University have created a completely synthetic blood substitute that can sustain human life indefinitely without traditional blood transfusions. The artificial hemoglobin-based product carries oxygen just as effectively as real blood, requires no refrigeration, has a…