Machine can keep human livers alive for week outside body

London: Researchers have developed a machine that repairs injured human livers and keeps them alive outside the human body for about one week. It could help save life of many people, who are suffering from liver diseases or cancer. Lovkesh Anand, consultant, Gastroenterology at Manipal Hospital in New Delhi, said, “Given the incidence of liver failure in our country and low availability of organs for transplant, such path-breaking development can transform the way we treat or transplant liver.” “Till now, liver can be stored outside body for only up to 12 hours and had to be transplanted within that time,” Anand said. IANS

Art installation shows reality of London’s toxic air

LONDON: Londoners will be able to see how dirty the British capital’s air is through a public art installation launched on Tuesday, as pressure mounts to tackle the hidden killer. Large air balloons, which change colour to show how much harmful nitrogen dioxide has been measured in the air at sites across the capital, have been installed in central London for the project led by environmental charity Hubbub. Reuters