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Scientists convert type A kidney to type O for first human transplant

For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait years for a match that never comes. Incompatibility of blood type is one of ...
Scientific American

Scientists Perform First-of-Its-Kind Transplant Using Kidney with a Converted Blood Type

Scientists have converted the blood type of a donor kidney and transplanted the organ into a person. The procedure — the first of its kind — could improve access to donor organs, specialists say, ...
The New York Times

Scientists Use A.I. to Mimic the Mind, Warts and All

To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions. It now answers questions much like we do. By Carl Zimmer Companies like ...
The Conversation

Climate scientists are trusted globally, just not as much as other scientists – here’s why

Research Associate in Behavioural Science at the Institute for Climate Risk & Response, UNSW Sydney Societies increasingly rely on scientists to guide decisions in times of uncertainty, from pandemic ...
Chronicle

A Day in the Life of Erica Washington: The Fungi Expert

Dropping off the kids, doing some structural biology, training for soccer season – microbiologist Erica Washington shares what a day in the life of a researcher at Duke University looks like. As an ...