Insights and Stories of Julie Steenhuysen

Jan. 10, 2022 at 6:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — A U.S. man with terminal heart disease was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, and three days later the patient is doing well, his doctors reported on Monday. The surgery, performed by a team at the University of Maryland Medicine, is […]

By Julie Steenhuysen

Apr. 12, 2017 at 12:41 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, has established a separate bioscience unit to expand its role in supplying pig parts for medical uses, with the ultimate goal of selling pig organs for transplantation into humans. Routine pig-human organ transplants are years away, but recent scientific […]

By Julie Steenhuysen, Michael Hirtzer

Jan. 18, 2016 at 7:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farm and health officials are racing to assess the threat that a type of bird flu never before seen in the country poses to humans and poultry, employing emergency plans drawn up in the wake of a devastating outbreak in birds last year. The federal […]

By Julie Steenhuysen, Tom Polansek

Jan. 8, 2016 at 10:42 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — New U.S. dietary guidelines on Thursday urged Americans to cut their added sugar and saturated fat intake to less than 10 per cent of daily calories, but consumer advocates criticized the recommendations for not providing clear guidance on the need to reduce consumption of meat. The […]

By Julie Steenhuysen