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There may be good reasons to object to using animals as living organ factories, including welfare concerns. But the rationale behind the NIH ban that human cells could make pigs too human rests on a ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life.

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UC Santa Cruz research innovations and academic programs advance brain and mental health.