chimera, humanized organs, medical ethics, science and technology, synthetic embryos

How Pigs With Human Brain Cells And Biological Chips Cheat Scientific Ethics

Earlier this month, scientists at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health announced they had successfully grown “humanized” kidneys inside pig embryos. The scientists genetically altered the embryos to remove their ability to grow a kidney, then injected them with human stem cells. The embryos were then implanted into a sow and allowed to develop ...

Troy Oakes

Living cells.

Stories of Ancient Healing Wisdom: Fighting Epidemics With Traditional Chinese Medicine

The world has been stricken with an epidemic so mysterious that even after three years of research using precise instruments, Western medicine has not fully understood its toxicity, nor has it developed the most accurate vaccine or prescription. Modern Chinese medicine, too, has failed to genuinely inherit the essence and intricacies contained in ancient traditional ...

Mikel Davis

Traditional Chinese herbal medicines.

How Medicine Is Practiced at One Hospital in China

Physicians are a well-respected group; however, your views regarding this may change after reading the experiences of one young doctor in China. The oncology department of a hospital in Shandong Province hired a recent graduate from Tianjin Medical University. During his first week at the hospital, the young doctor examined an older man with advanced liver ...

Max Lu

A Chinese hospital.

Ancient Chinese Doctors Only Thought of How to Best Treat Patients (Part 1) 

There were many famous ancient Chinese doctors in the past who had read Confucian classics before practicing medicine. They were indifferent to fame and fortune, did not care about their gains and losses, and took saving people as their lifelong career mission. They wholeheartedly aspired to be good doctors, preferring to fulfill that role rather ...

Helen London

Traditional chinese herbal medicine selection with a mortar and pestle.

Practicing Medicine Requires Medical Ethics

In the past, famous Chinese doctors believed that practicing medicine was a benevolent job, and doing it well required them to be caring and considerate to the sick, as well as to be dedicated to treating them with all their efforts. Sun Simiao, a well-known Chinese physician, even advocated treating the rich and the poor ...

Mikel Davis

A cup sitting on an open book containing Chinese writing.

Elon Musk: Brain Implants That Enable Telepathic Communication

Thanks to Elon Musk and his startup company Neuralink, we might just be able to experience brain Implants that promise telepathic communication within the next couple of years.   Brain implants and neural telepathy   Established in 2016 as a medical research company, Neuralink is reportedly developing a brain-machine interface that can enable human beings ...

Nspirement Staff

Telepathy between brains.