#Organ donation

Source: Big Think Most countries define death, clinically speaking, as the irreversible loss of brain or circulatory function. This definition was already at odds with some folk- and value-centric understandings, but where do we go if it becomes possible to reverse clinical death with artificial

Source: Good News Network For the first time in history, a person living with HIV has donated a kidney to a transplant recipient also living with HIV. A multidisciplinary team from Johns Hopkins Medicine completed the living donor HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant earlier this week and doctors say

Source: Good News Network Millions of blind people could have their vision actually restored using stem cells taken from the eyes of non-living donors, according to new research from Scotland. Thanks to the pioneering tissue transplant, eight patients with a common condition that destroys vision

Author: Lewin Day / Source: Hackaday Recently, I was lucky enough to receive a big haul of retro computer gear from a friend who was emptying out his garage. Even better, the haul was almost entirely old Amiga gear — my favorite computing platform of all time. Upon returning home, I gleefully

Losing a loved one is a heartbreaking experience, especially if the death is sudden and unexpected. A 26-year-old New Jersey native Alexa Bassillo recently had to go through the sudden loss of her brother Daniel, only 2 years her senior. And while this tragedy was devastating to the family, they