The image of Demikhov adding transplanted dog heads does give the impression of an eccentric pursuing a pointless path. However, Vladimir Demikhov was actually blazing a genuine path of scientific inquiry, not science fiction, which he called "transplantology," or the study of organ transplants.
In an article for The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Harris Schumacker lauds Demikhov as being the first person to "transplant an auxillary heart into the thorax of a warm-blooded animal, first to replace the heart with a homograft organ, first to carry out a pulmonary transplantation, and first to perform a complete heart and lung replacement. Read More...
Sometimes the most fascinating thing about a murder mystery is how many ways it goes wrong, how it cheats and manipulates and, in extreme cases, how it even got made in the first place.
The answer to the last question when it comes to the new BBC/Starz series Dublin Murders is pretty easy — writer Sarah Phelps has found great success adapting Agatha Christie’s works, including The ABC Murders, And Then There Were None, The Witness for the Prosecution, etc. Read More...
A trio of anime properties will be coming to North American theaters later this year, with the Sony-owned Crunchyroll unveiling plans at CinemaCon Tuesday during a presentation that underscored the once-underground medium has gone mainstream. Haikyu!!: The Dumpster Battle will arrive in theaters on May 31, both subtitled and dubbed. The film is a continuation of the volleyball-themed anime. The film will finally show the showdown between two underdog teams, Karasuno High and Nekoma High. Read More...