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Immunoregulatory Macrophage May End Need for Anti-Rejection Drugs

German scientists report positive results from a performed clinical trial in which patients, who underwent renal transplantation, were injected with a specially designed macrophages from the donor, cells created to dampen the immune response to transplanted organs, thus requiring lower amounts of traditional anti-rejection drugs, or no drugs at all. From BBC News: The new technique … Continue reading

2012-10-27 NEWS

Hacking the President’s DNA – The Atlantic

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2012-10-25 NEWS

Victoria Beckham gets anti-ageing facial

Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham wants to stop looking old. So she treats herself to special anti-ageing facials, which include ingredients like sheep placenta and gold flakes. The 38-year-old makes regular visits to Beverly Hills’ dermatologist Harold lancer for the anti-ageing treatments, which cost $500 and contain gold particles as well as animal stem cells. “Victoria … Continue reading

2012-07-30 Anti-aging, NEWS, Stem Cell Therapy

Stem cell breakthrough helps the blind to see by

DAMAGED eyes have been repaired using sheets of stem cells grown on specifically designed contact lenses in a world-first medical breakthrough by Australian scientists. The treatment used minuscule strips of adult stem cells and successfully transferred them from the special contact lens to the eye. They helped rebuild the cornea’s surface. It could lead to … Continue reading

2012-07-30 NEWS

The Atlantic

Hacking the President’s DNA
The Atlantic
Later, 99Virions’ log files would show that Cap’n Capsid’s IP address originated in Panama, although this was likely a fake. The design specification itself raised no red flags. Written in SBOL, an open-source language popular with the synthetic …

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