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Volunteer Hospital Driver Gets Favor Returned Decades After Becoming Friends with a 6-yo–She Gave her Kidney
Krystal was 6 years old when Dave Polen began transporting her over 170 miles from her home in Somerville, Indiana, to a hospital.
She was...
FDA Approves Cure for Sickle Cell Disease, the First Treatment to Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR
The first FDA-approved treatment using CRISPR may see hundreds of African Americans cured of sickle cell disease.
Making headlines without end for years, but only...
Exciting Clinical Trials of New Stem Cell Injection Treatment Shows Promise for Halting Multiple Sclerosis
A collaborative study involving experts in Europe and the US found the treatment of stem cells appears to protect the brains of MS patients...
Good News in History, December 3
31 years ago today, engineers at the Sema Group used the Vodaphone network and a computer to send the world's first SMS. It revolutionized...
Good News in History, November 23
60 years ago today, the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on the BBC. An Unearthly Child, starring William Hartnell, is set amid a...
Texas Mother–Daughter Duo Given Prestigious Award from 3 Past Presidents for Easing Others’ Pain From Rare Disease
A Texas mother-daughter duo was honored by three former presidents this month, becoming 2023 Points of Light Award honorees for their fierce dedication and...
Ancient Pear Tree Comes Back to Life After Being Felled to Make Way for High Speed Rail in UK
In a huge surprise and delightful resolution to a painful situation, the second-oldest pear tree in Britain is regrowing vigorously after being transplanted to...
Woman Becomes First Human to be Fitted with Nerve and Bone Fused Bionic Limb
A Swedish woman named Karin has become the first person to ever receive a below-the-elbow prosthetic that fuses bone with metal and electrodes.
An incredible...
Scientists Are 3D-Printing Stem Cells that Can Be Implanted as Brain Tissue
An exciting advance from Oxford Univ. has raised the prospect of tailoring stem cells quickly to treat brain injuries in humans in the future,...
Peanut and Food Allergies May Be Reversed with Compound Produced by Healthy Gut Bacteria
Why do we need fiber? it feeds the bacteria in our gut, which in turn produces something that could prevent food allergies and irritations...
For First Time, Pig Kidneys Provide Life-Sustaining Organ Function in Human: Hope for 100,000 on Donor List
For the first time, genetically modified pig kidneys provided “life-sustaining kidney function” during the course of a planned seven-day clinical study—a first step in...
Implantable Artificial Kidney That Frees Patients From Dialysis On Horizon After Successful Trial
Sufferers living with kidney failure can soon look forward to a future without dialysis or a long waits for an organ transplant, thanks to...
Scientists Regrow Retina Cells to Tackle Leading Cause of Blindness Using Nanotechnology
Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries, but regrowing the human cells lost to this condition was the feature of...
Good News in History, July 23
3 years ago today, China launched the Mission Tianwen-1, or "Heavenly Questions" to Mars, becoming the second nation to have a presence there. It...
Indian Man Quits Tech Job and Becomes Environmentalist–And Turns Infamous Dump into Green Oasis
After leaving his IT job, a man from Mangaluru started greening city parks, growing food forests, and saving trees destined for the chop.
Describing his...
A Paramedic Saved a Veteran’s Life –And 7 Years Later Saved His Daughter, Too
Ohio resident Molly Jones was worried about the possibility of leaving her 15-year-old daughter behind in the event of her death from autosomal dominant...
Reforestation is Difficult: But Local Farmers of NGO Green Again Madagascar Are on Top of It
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering conflict, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness.
This is Part 2 of a...
Woman Saved After Her Dog Found a Kidney Donor at the Beach: One-in-22 Million Odds
In an absolutely jaw-dropping change of fortune, a Welshwoman with late-stage renal failure met a kidney donor on the beach who happened to be...
A Marathon was Blocking Delivery Route for Organ Donation So a Surgeon Ran Through the Race to Get it
In a story that only those who live in the colonial cities of America's east will understand, a surgeon ran about a mile to...
Third Case of HIV Being Cured Confirmed 10 Years After Treatment of the ‘Düsseldorf Patient’
The “Düsseldorf Patient”, a man now aged 53, is just the third person worldwide to have been completely cured of HIV via stem cell...