Xenotransplantation – a breakthrough in medicine or a dangerous experiment on nature

Doctor Sanjai Gupta He talks about the evolution of transplantology, starting with the first successful transplant of the twin brothers in 1954 and ending with the promising direction of xenotransplantation-transplanting of animal organs to humans. The first transplant Table of Contents The first transplant Xenotransplantation: Hope for the future In numbers Expert’s opinion Facts about … Read more

Oxytocin & Altruism: How the Brain Supports Kindness

The Unexpected Altruism of Mice: Unraveling the Biology of Helping Table of Contents The Unexpected Altruism of Mice: Unraveling the Biology of Helping Instinctive Response to Distress Oxytocin & altruism: How the Brain Supports Kindness Understanding Oxytocin: More Than Just Love The Neural Pathways of altruism and Oxytocin Oxytocin and Empathy: Walking in Someone Else’s … Read more

Public awareness, attitudes, and motivation toward biobanks: a survey of China | BMC Medical Ethics

Characteristics of participants We obtained 616 valid responses to our survey questionnaire. There were 265 male respondents (43.02%) and 351 female respondents (56.98%). The highest ratio of the participants (42.21%) was aged 18–29 years, while 61.85% of all participants were in college or had completed their undergraduate education. The general information on the participants is … Read more