U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and maybe heal. The first-of-its-kind clinical trial has been cleared by the FDA, according to pig producer eGenesis, which announced the step Tuesday with its partner OrganOx. An estimated 35,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized each year when their liver suddenly fails. There are few treatment options and death rates as high as 50%. Many don’t qualify for a liver transplant or can't get a match in time.
Across Boston, researchers waited wearily for blowback from the administration. It wasn't just Harvard University. Although protests have almost exclusively occurred on undergraduate campuses, the Administration's cuts to funding have hit medical schools and their associated hospitals, which get substantial grants that NIH and other federal agencies dole out.
Orlando Health on Monday said it will be spending more than $750 million over the next four years on a new hospital at a still-to-be-announced location in Brevard County; free-standing emergency departments in north, central and southern Brevard; and physician offices.
For the first time in 25 years, a new hospital is opening its doors in the District. Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center is officially open in Ward 8 on Tuesday, bringing much-needed healthcare services to Southeast D.C. The new hospital replaces United Medical Center, which was Ward 8's only hospital, but it's closing on Tuesday after its maternal ward was shut down due to poor services.