Human Blood Vessels In Mice

RatHuman blood vessels are grown in a mouse for the first time.This could help patients with heart disease. Scientists said that the research was promising, but it could help them to make lab-grown organs, and it can be implanted successfully. The ability to develop capillaries ( network of tiny blood vessels) would be a prize for scientists.

Can Snakes Smell?

Can Snakes Smell?Most snakes have poor eye sight and limited hearing, but have an excellent sense of smell.  It doesn’t have a conventional nose, but they sniff with an organ at the roof of the mouth. This organ is called a Jacobson’s organ, which is found in a few lizard species. Snakes flick their tongues and collect scent particles for Jacobson’s organ. They stuck their forked tongue into a pair of holes in the Jacobson’s organ to support the sense of smell.

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US Man Had A Baby Girl

pregnant manA man who was born female has given a birth to a girl. He underwent gender reassignment; had breasts removed; taken male hormones to get facial hair; but has kept female reproductive organs to carry a baby. His name is Thomas Beatie 34, he and his daughter are reported to be doing well in a hospital in Bend, Oregon.

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