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Four hours after being killed in a slaughterhouse, Yale University scientists have partially revived function of dead pig brains; none of the brain functions regained were the kind of organized electrical activity associated with awareness of consciousness, as published in the journal Nature. News of a surprising amount of cellular function being either preserved or …
Lipodystrophy is a rare condition in which the ability to produce and store fat is impacted, that can be classed into two forms including inherited and acquired; and generalized and partial. Total loss of subcutaneous fat is a result of generalized lipodystrophy. Partial lipodystrophy will result in loss of some fat in different areas …