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• Surgeons transplant genetically modified pig liver into Chinese patient

  26-03-2025 19:28
  
  Organ appears to function for 10 days, raising prospect of short-term use for those on transplant listA genetically modified pig liver that was transplanted into a brain-dead patient appeared to function successfully inside their body for 10 days, according to the scientists who performed the groundbreaking procedure.The surgery, at a Chinese hospital last year, is thought to mark the first time a pig liver has been transplanted into a human. It raises the prospect of pig livers serving as a &ld
  
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• ‘Lego and tardigrades’: when humans finally destroy the world, what will remain?

  26-03-2025 14:21
  
  Milnesium tardigradum is only 0.5mm long and has survived all five great extinction events – plus it’s cuteMore fantastic invertebrate nominations here!When Homo sapiens self-destructs and takes much of the world with it, what will remain? Lego and tardigrades, predicts Sandy Edwards, who is among many readers to nominate the mighty, tiny tardigrade. Edwards, from St Andrews in Scotland, says: “Survivalists! When it comes to the end of the world, they, and Lego, are all that wi
  
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• Charity faces legal action after relocated elephants in Malawi allegedly kill 10 people

  26-03-2025 08:00
  
  People living near Kasungu national park say they are living in fear after translocation of 263 elephants by International Fund for Animal Welfare People living on the edge of a protected area in Malawi are taking legal action against an NGO that moved more than 250 elephants into the area, which they say have killed at least 10 people.Villagers near Kasungu national park, which is Malawi’s second largest and crosses the Zambian border, say they are living in fear for their livelihoods and
  
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• ‘It’s a bit like PTSD’: Cambridgeshire villagers react after mystery killing of alpacas and sheep

  26-03-2025 07:00
  
  Residents say they are still ‘shocked and horrified’ after farm animals shot dead in East HatleyThe last time Mick Marshall can recall a crime happening in Hatley, John Major was still the prime minister. “We got broken into in 1996 and that’s it. That was a long time ago,” he said.The 81-year-old runs the Hatley Shop and Post Office with his wife, a quaint little shop shrouded in green shrubbery. The Cambridgeshire village, which is hidden up a long country road li
  
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• Experts ‘amazed’ at survival of Valerie the miniature dachshund – on the run on South Australian island for more than a year

  26-03-2025 03:08
  
  Pet escaped from her pen when her owners were holidaying on Kangaroo Island, which is famous for its native wildlifeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA miniature dachshund that went missing 16 months ago on Kangaroo Island in South Australia has been spotted alive and well – but continues to evade a team of volunteer searchers and wildlife experts who say they are “amazed” the dog survived for so lon
  
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