Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge will use machine perfusion, a process which can keep a liver “alive” outside the body for up to 24 hours by maintaining it at body temperature. The technology allows doctors to test how well a liver is functioning before transplant, boosting the chances the procedure will be a success. Addenbrooke’s has become […]
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Liver transplant: Hospital becomes first in UK to bring in pioneering technology
A HOSPITAL has become the first in the UK to bring state-of-the-art liver transplant technology into routine practice.
Meet the traders, investors, and technologists pioneering crypto on Wall Street
BI This hasn’t been an easy year for cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Bitcoin, the largest crypto, is down more than 70% from its all-time highs set at the end of 2017, as regulators look to clamp down on exchanges and tech companies shun advertisements related to the nascent digital coin market.See the rest of the story at […]
Astronomers detect light from first-ever stars in pioneering discovery (VIDEO
Astronomers have discovered evidence of the first light in the universe, believed to have emanated from the earliest stars. It all happened some 180 million years after the Big Bang. The remarkable breakthrough was made using a simple but high-tech antenna in the remote Western Australia outback to detect radio signals from the first stars. […]
Meet the women pioneering wine’s new (and unexpected) frontier
Share this article Move over California, Washington and Oregon—Idaho is US’s newest burgeoning wine region where women winemakers are dominating the vineyards, finds our featured contributor Paula Froelich. Sydney Nederend is an American wine prodigy. Four years ago, when Nederend was just 20 years old and a sophomore studying financial marketing and design in college, […]
End of an Eros: Pioneering German sex shop hit by financial dysfunction, files for bankruptcy
Published time: 16 Dec, 2017 00:53 A groundbreaking chain of German sex shops has been forced to file for insolvency after admitting its financial position was far from rock-hard. Senior management at the Beate Uhse chain of adult stores were forced to make the decision after their most recent meeting with investors left company bosses […]
A hedge fund started by a pioneering female investor has lost more than half its assets in two years – CLONE
TTstudio/Shutterstock Jamie Zimmerman is one of the few, and first, female investors to run a hedge fund. She started Litespeed Partners in 2000. The fund has had a tough run of late, and now manages less than half of what it did two years ago. Hedge funds running similar investment strategies have also struggled. Some […]
A Stanford researcher is pioneering a dramatic shift in how we treat depression — and you can try her new tool right now
Flickr/Jane Rahman Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and it can kill. But scientists know surprisingly little about it. Even with awareness programs like World Mental Health Day, which happens every year on October 10, our knowledge of the condition is extremely limited. We do know, however, that talking seems to help — […]
London Air Ambulance: Started in 1989 their pioneering techniques are now copied globally
The emergency alert was stark and devoid of detail: “Major incident declared. Please report to helipad.” Barely 10 days had passed since Jihadi terrorists had killed eight civilians and injured 48 as they ploughed through pedestrians with a van on London Bridge before embarking on a stabbing spree. The 39-year-old senior emergency medicine consultant had […]
Civil-right activist and pioneering comedian Dick Gregory dies aged 84
Published time: 20 Aug, 2017 12:22 The first African-American comedian to achieve success with white audiences, activist Dick Gregory, has died aged 84, his family announced on Saturday. The St Louis native died in hospital in Washington, DC, as a result of heart failure. “It is with enormous sadness that the Gregory family confirms that […]
