Cancer patient receives first penis transplant in US

17 May 2016

 

 

Cancer patient receives first penis transplant in US

BOSTON: A cancer patient has received the first penis transplant in the US, a Boston hospital said on Monday.

Massachusetts General Hospital has confirmed that Thomas Manning of Halifax, Massachusetts, received the transplanted penis in a 15-hour procedure last week. The organ was transplanted from a deceased donor.

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Nepal's forest cover increases by over five per cent

KATHMANDU: A Nepali government survey has said that forests today take 44.74 per cent of the total 141,718 sq km area of the Himalayan country, compared to the total forest cover of 39.6 per cent between 1997 and 1998.

The Department of Forest Research and Survey conducted its five-year survey between 2010 and 2014 and found the forest cover to have increased, according to Nepal's national news agency RSS.

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Scientists claim key puzzle in brain tumor research deciphered

BENGALURU: In a study published in a recent issue of Neuro-Oncology, scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (Nimhans) claim to have unraveled some crucial aspects of this puzzle that Glioblastoma, the most common forms of brain tumour.

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NASA eyes 'growable habitats' to get humans to Mars

WASHINGTON: In a bid to develop "magnetoshells" to "growable interplanetary habitats to take humans to Mars", the US space agency has selected eight technology proposals that can transform future aerospace missions by building efficient aerospace systems.

Awards under phase II of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), programme

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