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Curiosity Rover Used A First-Of-Its-Kind Rock-Dissolving Chemical Test To Identify The Most Diverse Set Of Organic Molecules (OM) Ever Found On Mars, 20+ OM, Including 7 Never Before Detected There. Some Nitrogen-Bearing Molecules May Link To Prebiotic RNA/DNA Building Blocks, Strengthening Evidence Mars Was Once Habitable, But Do Not Prove Life Existed.

U.K Scientists Grew The First Lab-Made Oesophagus (OS) That Replaced A 2.5cm Section In 8 Mini-Pigs. A Donor Pig‘s OS Was Decellularized, Seeded With The Recipient Pig’s Own Cells, Matured In A Bioreactor & Implanted. 5/8 Reached The 6-Mth Endpoint With Normal Swallowing, W/O Immunosuppression. Promising For Babies With Oesophageal Atresia.

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U.S Scientists Created The Most Advanced Spinal Cord Organoid Model Yet Via Lab-Grown “Mini Spinal Cords” From Human Stem Cells. By Simulating Real Injuries Like Cuts Or Crushes, They Tested A “Dancing Molecules” Therapy That Regrew Nerves, Reduced Scar Tissue, & Promoted Healing, Offering New Hope For Future Spinal Cord Injury Treatments.

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In A World First, U.S Scientists Developed An A.I-Driven Liquid Biopsy That Detects Silent Liver Disease Early. It Scans Free DNA Fragments In A Blood Draw To Spot Fibrosis & Cirrhosis Years Before Symptoms. Traditional Blood Tests Miss Early Fibrosis And Catch Cirrhosis ~50% Making This Non-Invasive Smart Pattern Analysis A Major Advance.

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Doctors In China Achieved A World First In Jan/26; They Connected A 56-Yr-Old Man With Severe Liver Failure To CRISPR Gene-Edited Pig Liver Outside His Body. For ~2.5 Days, It Filtered His Blood/Cleared Toxins, & Stabilized Him, Without Major Rejection, Until He Got A Human Liver Transplant. This Is A Major Breakthrough For Organ Shortages.

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