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Crab-like Robot Removes Stomach Cancer, Doesn’t Crawl Sideways

Researchers from Singapore have created a small robot designed to remove stomach cancer in its early stages. Ironically, this tiny robot looks like a crab, since it uses a pincer and a hook to do the job. A robot that fights cancer, that looks like a crab, which is the…

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February 5th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Docs Successfully Transplant Synthetic Trachea Made with Patient’s Stem Cells

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Unless you have good reason to know what a trachea is, it might be new word for you. The trachea is the part of the human body most often referred to as the windpipe. A 36-year-old man has become the first person to successfully have a trachea transplant using a…

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July 13th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Experiment Reveals Gray Hair Means Damaged Dna – So Baldness Means Lack of Dna?

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Can mental or emotional stress damage our DNA? An experiment has shown that the presence of gray hair means that the melanocyte stem cells in hair follicles – that ones that become melanocytes that give color to hair -  have badly damaged DNA. In response, our body forces these DNA…

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June 12th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

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