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Breakthrough: United Therapeutics Achieves Historic Pig-to-Human Kidney Transplant
Downtown Silver Spring’s United Therapeutics achieved a major milestone: the world’s first successful UThymoKidney pig-to-human kidney transplant took place on April 12th.
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United Therapeutics Announces Historic Achievements in its Xenotransplantation Programs
Downtown Silver Spring-based United Therapeutics has reached two historic achievements in its xenotransplantation programs, the company announced.
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Those Who Teach Also Do: At the Nora School, Staff Action Leads to Student Discovery
For a trio of teachers at The Nora School in Silver Spring, teaching means action. They’re turning the old saying on its head, because they not only teach, they also do. [sponsored]
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County Designates December 1 as Rosa Parks Day
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and Montgomery County Council have proclaimed Tuesday, Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day in the County, according to a press release.
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Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee Brings Stories, Advice to Silver Spring
The last two months have been a whirlwind for retired Army Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee of Bethesda, who turned 100 in December, participated in the coin toss at Super Bowl LIV in Miami, received an official promotion to general and was honored by President Donald Trump—along with his great-grandson Iain Lanphier—during the State of…