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Philippines: A Kidney Donor Hotspot

Statistics show that in the year 2006, there were 436 kidney transplants from living Filipinos to unrelated foreigners and 36 transplants from deceased donors.
 
That’s quite a number. But if you get to earn at least 3,000 dollars per kidney, you’d be happy to donate a part of your body to someone else who […]

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29Apr2008 | Zee | 0 comments | Continued
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Human-Cow Embryos: Yea or Nay?

A couple of UK scientists are now planning to create embryos made from the fusion of human DNA and cow eggs. They have requested the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to allow them to conduct their research for a span of three years.

What the scientists are going to do is to use the hybrid […]

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13Apr2008 | Zee | 1 comment | Continued
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When A Man Gets Pregnant…

A lot of women would love to show men how it feels like being them especially when it comes to childbirth. It would be great to switch places at least once just to understand how painful and yet fulfilling it is to deliver a baby. There is one case of this happening though, there is […]

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7Apr2008 | Zee | 0 comments | Continued
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Paternity Tests Now In a Box!

A few days ago, it was announced that DNA testing is now available in kits for the general public. The manufacturer of this is Sorenson Genomics and it is called the Identigene test. This is the first of the many other DNA tests that are to come out soon.

The home pregnancy kits may have […]

Popularity: 7% [?]

1Apr2008 | Zee | 3 comments | Continued
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