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Living by plastic heart
Surgeons at the Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire, I just put in Matthew Green's chest, an artificial plastic heart.
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Fukushima children are tested for cancer periodically
Children living in a contaminated area from the Fukushima nuclear power plant (Japan) will receive periodic cancer screening throughout their lives.
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The method of seeing through organs
Albert Einstein Medical School researchers, Yeshiva University have successfully developed the first fluorescent protein to penetrate the internal organs of living anima…
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'Living antibiotics' from bacteria
A British study showed that a predatory bacterium significantly reduces the amount of salmonella bacteria in living chickens, opening up the possibility of using the bac…
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Urban life is bad for the brain
Life in the city is linked to an increase in brain activity associated with mental illness. A new study finds that living in a city can increase activity in the brain re…
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Pygmy: Where an 8-year-old girl became a woman
Pygmy dwarfs living in central Africa only have a lifespan of 30-40 years, so perhaps the girls here married and gave birth from the age of 8.
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Is the immune system destroyed because it's too clean?
It is considered that excessive hygiene or living too clean is linked to an alarming increase in autoimmune and allergic diseases in Western countries ...
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Strange woman allergic to ... electrical goods
A British woman is living away from the comforts of modern life due to a rare disease: allergy to electrical appliances.
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The grandmother of Brazil,
A 114-year-old grandmother in Brazil today is officially recognized by the Guinness Organization as the longest living person on the planet.
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Contaminants cause children to grow slowly
A study showed that Russian children living in high-contaminant environments are of smaller stature than their peers in a healthy environment.
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What do people need to do to avoid the risk of radiation exposure?
Japan has warned people living in a 30km radius around the Fukushima nuclear power plant area to stay indoors to avoid the risk of radiation exposure.
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Bacteria protect children from asthma
Recent findings indicate that children in farms are less likely to have asthma than children in other rural areas. The findings suggest that microorganisms play a role i…
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Warning of future cancer trends
There are many theories that suggest that cancer is a disease that arises due to human lifestyle and lack of science. But is cancer a disease of modern society?
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Living for nearly 4 months without heart
D'Zhana Simmons, 14 years old in Miami state (USA), lived 118 days without a heart. Instead, she was fitted with an artificial blood pumping device.