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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Surgery ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Eventually, it becomes you': Inventors of new 'living' knee replacement describe why this tech is desperately needed and how it works ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with the developers of a living knee implant that could help more patients in need of knee replacements get them. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wbb9U8Ya4mBc56XiqFRk5e-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nadeen Chahine and Clark Hung are working to develop a &quot;living&quot; knee implant that could be a better option for some patients in need of knee replacements. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A man with long gray hair wearing a brown vest and white shirt speaks with a woman with long brown hair as they both look at various prosthetic limbs.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Diagnostic dilemma: A cross tattoo on a man's neck disappeared — killing his skin as it did so ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A man's neck tattoo triggered a reaction so rare that it was only the second recorded case. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:58:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sophie Berdugo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DvhfAUhiX6gfwEBsCyW2WY-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A man had an extreme and rare reaction to getting a new tattoo.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A person holding a tattoo needles with a pot of red ink.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Making a 'digital twin' of yourself could revolutionize future surgeries, making medical procedures much more personal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Live Science spoke with Dr. John Pandolfino, a researcher who designed a "digital twin" to help guide surgery. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:56:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JzYtdcT35TcNknxiRFtbqm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Digital twins could help with the future of esophagus surgery. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a human body, with the outer layers transparent and the esophagus a bright red. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2,500-year-old 'primitive prosthetic' found on jaw of mummified Scythian woman who survived complex jaw surgery ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers used CT scans to peer inside a partially mummified skull and discovered the woman survived jaw surgery 2,500 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:54:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m7EX5Wu2qDM3wEpjm6nrUc-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A view of the right side of the Pazyryk woman&#039;s skull.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two side views of a partially mummified human skull]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The ban assumed the danger was making pigs too human': Why human organs aren't grown in pigs in the US ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As a bioethicist and philosopher explains the ethics of using organs grown in animals for human transplant procedures. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Monika Piotrowska ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hmsnTGeoVPUWF35zcHBPQP-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[While research on human-pig chimeras is on an indefinite pause, xenotransplantation is moving ahead. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pig Kidney Transplant concept as a genetically modified animal organ transferred to humans as Xenotransplantation technology or Xenogeneic transplantation as bioengineered DNA.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Unprecedented': Woman delivers full-term abdominal pregnancy while also having 22-pound cyst removed ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A California woman was scheduled to have a large cyst removed but, in the lead-up to the procedure, learned she had a rare ectopic pregnancy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:56:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wcMgVJ7LpZw3BAa3F3oYZ6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The baby was positioned just behind the woman&#039;s large ovarian cyst, doctors found on scans.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[medical image shows a patient&#039;s abdomen, with a large cyst labeled &quot;tumor&quot; and an area just under the tumor labeled &quot;baby&quot;]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2,300-year-old tool used for skull surgery unearthed at Celtic settlement in Poland ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The uniquely shaped iron surgery implement dates to the fourth to third centuries B.C. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:46:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sR4T4uneirDoZMnyqoYfy7-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Bartłomiej Kaczyński]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists discovered this Celtic trepanation tool in Poland.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an oxidized iron tool with one spatulate end and one pointed end rests on a grey speckled table]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Science news this week: NASA finds best evidence of life on Mars and scientists invent visible time crystals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Sept. 13, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:14:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PJiDHoNw5dPaUobfbybvaA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In this week&#039;s science news, we reported on the best evidence for life on Mars, confirmation of a Stephen Hawking black hole theory, LA&#039;s toxic barrel graveyard, and mysterious lights dancing across a camera in Patagonia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A split image with a photo of a Mars rover on the right and an illustration of a fragmented clock pattern on the right]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Science news this week: A key Atlantic current nears collapse, the world's biggest iceberg shatters, and mouse brains rewrite neuroscience ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Sept. 6, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Vz4jczmkSSg9hvFuiNjLQo-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/Dan Birman, International Brain Laboratory.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In this week&#039;s science, we reported on troubling predictions for a key Atlantic current, the breakup of the world&#039;s largest iceberg, revelations about the mammalian brain, and the James Webb Space Telescope&#039;s search for alien life.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The AMOC current and a mouse brain.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists develop 'glue gun' that 3D prints bone grafts directly onto fractures ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers created a special glue gun that can 3D print a bone-like substance for fracture repair during surgery and have tested it in early experiments. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 22:46:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UJ5vDzX8vxHF3ZZ5HgSgLa-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A team of researchers has modified a glue gun to print bone-like material directly onto a fracture.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[graphic of a glue gun that 3D prints bone material onto a fracture]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Science news this week: A world first pig-to-human lung transplant, and SpaceX’s Starship nails a test flight ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Aug. 30, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DPCtdmnnwNHtpqspsKSt7e-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Early test of new laser-free eye treatment shows promise ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In lab experiments, scientists are testing a new way to reshape the cornea and correct impaired vision, but the research faces many hurdles before it could be approved for use in humans. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:12:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Olivia Ferrari ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZFn4pvKmeZnhBkzjdKQfq4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new procedure to correct vision could someday offer a laser-free alternative to LASIK.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a close-up of an eye]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ First-ever pig-to-human lung transplant attempted in brain-dead person in China ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In a first, scientists in China transplanted a lung from a pig into a human so they could see how the host immune system handled the procedure. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:53:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:02:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bbmPUfFWfJ5pgPeDUWtZ8H-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Doctors at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University recently completed the first-ever pig-to-human lung transplant.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a photo of two surgeons dissecting a pair of pig lungs]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Diagnostic dilemma: Weird lump in woman's hip was sponge left behind during C-section ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A woman had a swollen and painful hip for years following an emergency cesarean section. When doctors finally took a look, they found something surprising. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:12:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kamal Nahas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cqp5AbhyCBrmN279rEeiPS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bear's new metal tooth is world's biggest-ever crown ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lake Superior Zoo in Minnesota announced it has given a brown bear the world's largest dental crown, with the bear now sporting a silver-colored metal canine ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ECgY7aeJebcaqhWqZLVoCA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Are women less sensitive to anesthesia than men? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Some, but not all, research suggests that more women recall events that happened under anesthesia than men do, and that women wake up from anesthesia faster than men. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sahas Mehra ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NqjaDzqsGZgDkosvbjMMtb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Does a person&#039;s sex affect how they respond to anesthesia? So far, the data is limited and inconclusive.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a point-of-view image of an anaesthetist placing a mask on a patient ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In 'extremely rare' case, Michigan resident dies from rabies after receiving transplanted kidney carrying the virus ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Michigan resident has died from rabies following a kidney transplant at a hospital in Ohio. Investigations show that the donor had the virus when they died. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:35:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jess Thomson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mXtxLvXhdwQaTwEuvhPZCh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A person in Michigan recently died after receiving a kidney transplant that had been infected with rabies virus, illustrated here. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a rendering of the rabies virus]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'In that moment, that was everything to me': Patient describes joy of regaining vision in 1 eye after new stem cell therapy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A first-of-its-kind stem cell transplant has changed the life of a man who was left blind in one eye following a firework accident. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2025 17:30:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C8NvXJsusQjm5oZsUYYySf-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nick Kharufeh is one of the first groups of patients in the U.S. to have received a new type of stem cell therapy to treat blinding damage to the cornea. He is pictured here after the procedure.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Nick as he is sat in a hospital bed following surgery. He is wearing a blue hair net and a blue face mask. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New stem cell therapy could repair 'irreversible' and blinding eye damage, trial finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new therapy repairs corneal damage to a patient's eye using stem cells from their other, healthy eye. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:02:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 23:49:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/R49B4GRwhtMyz8i9ViX43K-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The first patient to receive a CALEC transplant, in 2018, pictured with doctors.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a patient with their surgical team after surgery. The patient is sat on a hospital bed and the team is gathered around him. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Surgeons remove parasitic twin from teenager who had legs growing out of his chest ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A rare parasitic twin protruding from the chest of a 17-year-old boy has been removed by surgeons in Delhi, India. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:40:09 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 23:32:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mUYJCcT7zHLYH8jcFrbWLJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Surgeons removed the rare parasitic twin at the All India Institute Of Medical Science hospital in Delhi.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A stock photograph of four surgeons in discussion before an operation.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dwyane Wade diagnosis: What to know about kidney cancer ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/dwyane-wade-diagnosis-what-to-know-about-kidney-cancer</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Retired NBA legend Dwyane Wade revealed his kidney cancer diagnosis on a recent podcast episode. Here's what to know about the disease. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:51:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hatty Willmoth ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AJCkHPVohroW3F2EFD3w8i-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dwyane Wade interacts with fans as they visit his statue that was unveiled on October 27th, prior to a game between the Miami Heat and the Detroit Pistons at Kaseya Center on October 28, 2024 in Miami, Florida. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dwayne Wade smiling in a profile shot.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Breakthrough' stem-cell patches stabilized woman's heart as she awaited transplant ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A woman with heart failure was kept alive long enough to receive a heart transplant, in part thanks to newly developed stem-cell-derived heart tissue grafts. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 19:21:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:12:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jess Thomson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Lm7vFEYY5MQqAAjLWNDTkc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Heart muscle cells can be grown from stem cells and used to repair damaged hearts, a new study finds.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a heart]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Diagnostic dilemma: A surgeon accidentally transplanted a tumor into his own hand ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In an unusual case, a surgeon developed a cancerous lump on his hand that stemmed from an injury he sustained while performing surgery. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mindy Weisberger ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F3XhyoRV2vhupwBdNWHL2e-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A surgeon ended up with an unusual growth in his hand after removing cancer from a patient.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a surgeon&#039;s gloved hand holds a tool over a table of surgical tools]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'She was waiting for a 1-in-a-million match': Alabama woman is the 3rd patient to ever get a pig kidney ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An Alabama woman underwent a transplant procedure to get a new kidney from a gene-edited pig. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:30:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vuf7U8uDDNmmBVq5o7m4RW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Dr. Kryscilla Yang (from left) and Dr. Robert Montgomery prepare patient Towana Looney to receive a gene-edited pig kidney at NYU Langone Health in New York City on Nov. 25, 2024.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Four doctors looking down during surgery.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists reveal 'neural tourniquet' that can stop bleeding with nerve stimulation ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers stimulated the vagus nerve in healthy volunteers and showed it triggered blood clot formation, which they say could be used to prevent blood loss after surgery. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Liam Drew ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uE6crdke5UePWVVgobeeL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A device that attaches to the ear can stimulate the vagus nerve, thus promoting blood clotting. The technology, called transcutaneous auricular neurostimulation (tAN), has been tested in an early trial sponsored by the company Five Liters.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close-up of a man wearing a device in his ear]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Wake-up call': Women are more likely than men to die of complications after heart surgery ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Complications that arise after surgery are more likely to be underrecognized and undertreated in women than in men, leading to higher death rates, new research suggests. Why? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:07:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Julie Goldenberg ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b6BD7rmNzJGYYiShCpUffa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new study finds that more women than men die from complications of cardiovascular surgery, despite both groups having similar rates of complications.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a team of surgeons operates on a patient]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Man developed a 'headspin hole' after years of breakdancing, case report says ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Doctors describe "breakdance bulge," a unique head injury among dancers, in a new case report. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:03 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/69qoAdd5ZZgFwPiHWUmyTM-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[BMJ Case Reports 2024  ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[These structural scans show a large lump located beneath the man&#039;s skin and on top of his skull bone.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two mri images of a person&#039;s head shown facing the side and then the back. A large lump can be seen on top of the skull from both angles]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists restore monkey's vision with a patch made from human stem cells ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists were able to treat a "macular hole" in a monkey, helping to restore the animal's vision thanks to human stem cells. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/reUVUX66GBVjZCg9VicmXW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists grew stem cells into a &quot;patch&quot; that could be used to repair a hole in a monkey’s retina.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close-up of a monkey&#039;s face]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Kidneys donated by Black people are more likely to be thrown away. A bioethicist explains why. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As it is now, the U.S. transplant system treats kidneys from all Black donors as if they are at higher risk for failing, even though only some are. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:31:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ana S. Iltis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PcPcc3r7r29owJMsbgqh5V-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Corey Mayes at his New York home on Feb. 10, 2023, after receiving a kidney transplant.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Kidney transplant recipient Corey Mayes, a middle-age Black man with a beard and wearing a black t shirt, stands in the doorway of his home.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bionic legs plugged directly into nervous system enable unprecedented 'level of brain control' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A first-of-its-kind study demonstrated that a new nervous system-controlled bionic leg helps leg amputees walk more naturally than traditional prosthesis. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:57:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DPmYE2DCQGez6TDiB8droD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers have developed a new type of surgery that reconnects severed muscles in a patient&#039;s residual limb after a below-the-knee amputation, enabling amputees to walk more naturally than those who had traditional amputations.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Patient shown walking up stairs while wearing the new prosthetic limb. Only the bottom half, from the middle of their torso downwards is shown.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ US man gets kidney transplant while awake ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Being able to transplant kidneys using only local anesthetic could shorten patients' hospital stays and make the procedure accessible to more people, doctors say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:23:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bCo9cuie3Bbe6U9K3UkWP8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[John Nicholas, pictured with his surgical team above, is the first person at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago to receive a transplant without general anesthesia and to be discharged the next day.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A patient is shown in the foreground of the image lying down on a bed in the operating theatre. He is wearing a blue surgical hair net and is covered by a white sheet. He is smiling at the camera with his thumbs up. Behind the bed is a group of medical professionals all dressed in blue scrubs, with blue surgical face masks and hair nets. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Egyptians tried to treat cancer 4,000 years ago, cut-marked skull indicates ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Cut marks discovered surrounding cancerous lesions on an ancient Egyptian skull suggest that humans were conducting cancer surgery more than 4,000 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XVsaLt7MBhTpEbcLwsXje8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new analysis of lesions found on ancient Egyptian skulls suggests that humans were attempting to surgically treat cancer more than 1,000 years earlier than once thought. One of the skulls, which belonged to a man who lived between 2686 and 2345 B.C., is pictured above.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Picture of a male skull against a black background. The skull is angled to the right with the right eye socket closest to the camera. There is a white scale bar reading 2cm to the left of the skull ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1st person to receive a pig kidney transplant has died ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rick Slayman was the first person in the world to receive this pioneering surgery in March 2024. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FsVNzSpJcmCsERxwtdG5FM-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Courtesy of Massachusetts General Hospital]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Years before getting a pig kidney, Slayman, pictured above, had already received a human kidney transplant that started to fail and had been on dialysis for years.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up picture of Rick Slayman. He is sat on a hospital bed and wearing what looks like a black sweatshirt. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We have combined two marvels of modern medicine': Woman gets pig kidney and heart pump in groundbreaking procedures ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In a medical first, doctors transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient after giving her a new heart pump. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:00:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5Yo7FRm25u2mkSYr33p9FP-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The operating room in NYU Langone Health&#039;s Kimmel Pavilion on April 12, 2024, during implantation of a gene-edited pig kidney for Lisa Pisano]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[photo of surgeons in blue scrubs, hair nets and masks gathered near an operating table as a monitor shows a kidney being placed into the patient&#039;s body]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pig kidney transplanted into human patient for 1st time ever ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Doctors in Boston performed the first pig kidney transplant in a living patient. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 21:29:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/doBpDE8kRMECPKBX8sYpM3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Melissa Mattola-Kiatos, RN, Nursing Practice Specialist, removes a pig kidney from its box to prepare for transplantation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a woman in blue scrubs, gloves and a face mask removed a bagged organ in a jar in preparation for surgery]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Life-threatening 'leaks' after surgery could be flagged faster with tiny new device ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new implantable device, so far tested in rats and pigs, could soon be trialed in humans to help detect harmful post-surgery leaks in the body. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:00:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MjLdWWuz6wJtbL45eg6haR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jiaqi Liu and John A. Rogers]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A close-up image of the new device, which could be used to hasten the detection of post-surgery leaks.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up image of the new implantable device, called BioSUM, that is slightly bent showing its flexible design.  It is transparent-looking with black circles of metal embedded within it. The background of the image is blurred. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ One-third of trans people taking testosterone may still ovulate, raising chance of pregnancy ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In a small study of transgender men and gender-diverse people who take testosterone, scientists found that one-third of the participants still ovulate and could therefore potentially become pregnant. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:55:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2mjxd3j5ehJ5CJBmRRobZD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The new study revealed that a third of transmasculine people taking testosterone may still ovulate even if their periods have stopped as a result of the gender-affirming hormone therapy.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up picture of a blue and white box of AndroGel, aka testosterone gel, containing individual packets of the gel]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 4 genes' activity could be key to faster appendicitis diagnosis ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An analysis of children's gene activity suggests that more severe forms of appendicitis can be distinguished from milder cases based on the activity of four genes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:37:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KGnXzBJwaxG6BPuA7Kwg6H-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The genetic markers of severe appendicitis identified in this study may help doctors diagnose the condition more quickly and prescribe the correct treatment to children.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Father carries his daughter who buries her head into his shoulder in front of a doctor in the foreground]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Surgeons save life of child whose stomach folded over on itself ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Timely diagnosis and surgery saved the girl's life, doctors involved in her folded-stomach case reported. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 19:59:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/27MH8KGuJ2WicRfyD6oJBa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[After the girl arrived at the emergency department, doctors quickly performed life-saving surgery on her.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[three doctors wearing blue surgical scrubs, face masks and hair nets pictured bent over an operating table, which is not shown]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Copper Age woman survived two skull surgeries up to 4,500 years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Multiple holes in a skull found at a burial site in Spain were the result of prehistoric surgeries. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jennifer Nalewicki ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xhLMz6xUBSMRxWkeaHsBES-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Copper Age women underwent two separate surgical procedures that left two overlapping holes in her skull. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A skull with a hole in it (at right) and magnified images of the hole and scrape marks (at left)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Doctors perform 1st-ever whole eye, partial face transplant ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/health/surgery/doctors-perform-1st-ever-whole-eye-partial-face-transplant</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ This is the first whole-eye transplant performed in a person, and it was completed alongside a partial face transplant. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 20:53:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iPBMYkTmX72xFhbYHFTKzR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The transplant recipient, Aaron James, sees his new face and eye for the first time after surgery. His lead surgeon, Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, his wife Meagan and his daughter Allie are pictured sitting with him.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a man in a hospital gown holds up a mirror to see his new facial transplant, while his doctor, dressed in a suit, and his wife and daughter sit and watch nearby]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Breast implants saved a man's life during a lung transplant. Here's how. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Doctors at Northwestern Medicine used breast implants and an artificial lung to keep a patient stabilized until his double-lung transplant. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 19:31:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nYkFhYfRjaeYbvxf822sWS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This photo was taken in July, while the transplant recipient, David &quot;Davey&quot; Bauer, was recovering from the procedure. He&#039;s pictured here with his girlfriend and caretaker, Susan Gore]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a young man seated and wearing a hospital gown and hat pictured next to his partner in a hospital room]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Knife blade lodged in a man's belly mysteriously 'floated' to the other side of his body without causing damage ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Doctors report an "unusual and spectacular injury" in which a knife blade lodged in a man's belly drifted through his abdomen. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:49:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x6gwhCMFFU3YSAnupJommf-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An X-ray revealed that the blade had moved from the right to the left side of a man&#039;s belly after he was stabbed. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[X-ray of the knife blade stuck in the man&#039;s abdomen]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In rare case, man's brain starts to bleed following tooth extraction at the dentist ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ After a standard dental procedure, a man turned up to the emergency department with bleeding in his brain. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:02:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sXA5bxnM5RvYEN8xQ7bh89-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[After starting his day at the dentist, a man ended up in the emergency department with bleeding brain tissue. Why?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Dental surgeon standing over a person holding a tooth that has been extracted using forceps while another dentist stands next to them]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gene therapy injection into the brain causes alcohol use disorder to stop — in monkeys ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A small, proof-of-concept study in monkeys reveals the potential of a one-off gene therapy to treat people with alcohol use disorder who haven't responded to other treatments. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:24:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emily Cooke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5UyCgmUWiAkLmiftGG3gf6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This particular gene therapy involves injecting a genetically-modified virus (pictured above) into the brain to stimulate the production of dopamine, which is reduced in people with alcohol use disorder.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[3D illustration of adeno-associated viruses that are used for gene therapy ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 13 horrific firework injuries that will keep you cautious on July 4 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As July Fourth celebrations take off across the U.S., so will the number of firework-related accidents and hospital visits. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:37:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CpDNLCBz5kxvZKR6Kh2Xd9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Nearly 100,000 Americans were injured by fireworks between 2000 and 2010.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Fireworks light up the sky over Los Angeles.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Inside the gory world of Victorian Medicine in All About History 128 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Inside All About History 128: From bloody surgery to strange medical theories, uncover the evolving world of Victorian medicine. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:30:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:58:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ jonathan.gordon@futurenet.com (Jonathan Gordon) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jonathan Gordon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hp3gsi5eQ6QsCF7jpjwjAS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In extremely rare case, doctors remove fetus from brain of 1-year-old ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/in-extremely-rare-case-doctors-remove-fetus-from-brain-of-1-year-old</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A young child had the remnants of her absorbed twin removed from her head. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 22:19:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HWin4WX7G85PU7dJgMAgZR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Doctors found a malformed fetus in an infant&#039;s brain. (These brain scans are stock images and not from the case report described below.)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[CT scans against a black background show a bright white mass in a person&#039;s brain]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Vasectomy: Procedure, risks and reversal  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Half a million men in the United States undergo a vasectomy every year. But how does this procedure work? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:16:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:26:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Anna Gora ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8wYZ8zCXwJawYLHJftgqEj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Doctors risked their own lives to remove a live grenade from a Ukrainian soldier's chest ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/live-grenade-surgically-removed-ukrainian-soldier</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The surgeons had to refrain from using common procedures that could have detonated the grenade. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 20:48:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rebecca Sohn ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gZsSnD297Ydf3UfGpBBVAT-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Hanna Maliar via Facebook]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An X-ray image of the unexploded grenade, lodged just below the soldier&#039;s heart. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An X-ray image of the unexploded grenade, lodged just below the soldier&#039;s heart. ]]></media:text>
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