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	<title>Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Biotechnology</title>
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		<title>Ultimate Human Computer Interface - Mind Control: Research on Mind Control &amp; Thought Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine the best way to give dictation (without spelling mistakes) or to program without typing and that pesky carpal tunnel syndrome - by pure mind control alone. Scientists at Brown University and Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems (and others) have made this possible; as published last week in Nature. The application of this technology boggles imagination.

Nagle, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ultimate-human-computer-interface-mind-control-research-on-mind-control-thought-reading/</link>
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		<title>How 6 Foot DNA is Packed in a Molecule &amp; DNA Replication Machine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An amazing video based on actual data showing how a 6 foot long DNA is tightly packed in a molecule and then in the second part you can see DNA replication machine via computer simulation.


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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-6-foot-dna-is-packed-in-a-molecule-dna-replication-machine/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations: You Have Nearly As Many Genes As Trick Parasite</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A simple one-celled parasite called Trichomonas Vaginalis, also known as "trick", which causes an itchy and smelly genital infection especially dangerous to women, has nearly as many genes as a human being, researchers reported on Thursday.

They mapped the genome of Trichomonas vaginalis, which causes the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection, and hope they have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/congratulations-you-have-nearly-as-many-genes-as-trick-parasite/</link>
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		<title>$10 Million Prize for Fast Human Genome Decoding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[X-Prize Foundation is offering $10m for the first private team that can decode 100 human genomes in 10 days. It is said to be the largest medical prize in history. Rapid genetic sequencing along with stem cell therapeutics are science's next great frontiers. Rapid genetic sequencing is expected to usher in a new era of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/10-million-prize-for-fast-human-genome-decoding/</link>
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		<title>NSFW: Song On George Bush&#8217;s Lies &amp; Clinton&#8217;s Cigar Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to warn you that the song is not suitable for minors, (some) republicans and prudes. It is NSFW if you use speakerphones to listen at work. It is absolutely hilarious. It beautifully summarizes and compares the Presidency of George Bush (so far) &#038; Bill Clinton. He covers all the bases including my favorite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/adult-song-on-george-bushs-lies-clintons-you-know-what/</link>
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		<title>The Truth Behind Stem Cell Research &amp; Veto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Charles Hux, MD, high risk Ob/Gyn and a geneticist, commented on the stem cell veto by US President Mr. Bush and the impact of stem cell research. If you read one article today, read this.
Hello–My name is Charles Hux and I am a high risk Ob/Gyn and a geneticist . It is unfortunate that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-truth-behind-stem-cell-research-veto/</link>
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		<title>Is Google AdSense Intrinsically Suited for Made for AdSense (Scammer) Sites?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was looking at some strange advertisements which appear on my stem cell research site and realized something always in front of us and yet startling on realization.

First I noticed that some totally irrelevant sites appear before totally relevant sites (like selling cloning reagents, offering stem cell treatments etc.). It was odd. In my mind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/is-google-adsense-intrinsically-suited-for-made-for-adsense-scammer-sites/</link>
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		<title>FDA Warns about Suicidal Thinking in Children and Adolescents on ADHD Drug - Strattera</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors on Thursday about reports of suicidal thinking in some children and adolescents who are taking Strattera, a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 
Manufacturer Eli Lilly &#038; Co. announced that a black-box warning will be added to the drug's label in the United States. 
Such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/fda-warns-about-suicidal-thinking-in-children-and-adolescents-on-adhd-drug-strattera/</link>
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		<title>FDA OK&#8217;s Cholesterol Drug Lipitor for Diabetics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pfizer Inc. said U.S. regulators (FDA) have approved its cholesterol lowering drug Lipitor. Lipitor is used to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack in diabetic patients.

The approval is for patients with type 2, or adult onset, diabetes (NIDDM) who have no signs of heart disease but have multiple risk factors (described below) for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/fda-oks-cholesterol-drug-lipitor-for-diabetics/</link>
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		<title>Interfering RNA ( siRNA ) helps monkeys recover from SARS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong, China, and Intradigm in Maryland, have reported the first successful use of Interfering RNA (siRNA) against the viral respiratory disease SARS, in primates (Nature Medicine, DOI: 10.1038/nm1280).

Two siRNA sequences that matched bits of the SARS virus genome largely protected macaques against SARS when given as nasal sprays shortly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/interfering-rna-sirna-helps-monkeys-recover-from-sars/</link>
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		<title>Interesting Links  - Technology &amp; Law, Micropayment Solution, Biotechnology Blog, GMail Tools, 12 Types of Medical Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With technology, it's easy to break the law
"As technology marches on, our laws don't always march with it. They're written by men with agendas that are different than ours — men who don't understand (or have the incentive to understand) what they're trying to legislate.

So chances are there will come a day when there won't [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/interesting-links-technology-law-micropayment-solution-biotechnology-blog-gmail-tools-12-types-of-medical-students/</link>
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		<title>The Truth About Embryonic Stem Cell Alternatives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Executive Summary: There aren’t any.
The first potential alternative is a promising breakthrough in the biotech world of stem cell research with the news that Harvard scientists reported taking skincells to generate embryonic stem cells.

Researcher Kevin Eggan and his colleagues achieved this dramatic medical advance by fusing individual adult skin cells and bone cells to embryonic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-truth-about-embryonic-stem-cell-alternatives/</link>
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		<title>Key to Holy Grail of Stem Cell Research Found by Korean Scientists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Korean husband-and-wife scientist team has made headway in adult stem cell research by discovering a gene in charge of differentiating the parent cells in human bodies.

“Up until now, researchers have dug up many factors involved in the differentiation of adult stem cells. But this is the first time that a gene modulating all of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/key-to-holy-grail-of-stem-cell-research-found-by-korean-scientists/</link>
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		<title>Milestone in Family Cord Blood Bank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US-based Cryo-Cell International (CCI), a family cord blood bank, has announced that it has processed and cryogenically preserved cord blood stem cells for over 100,000 clients and the company believes that it is the first and only family cord blood bank in the world to achieve this milestone.

Read more on the The Stem Cell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/milestone-in-family-cord-blood-bank/</link>
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		<title>Bone Marrow, Stem Cell, Cord Blood Transplants offer hope of remission in life-threatening blood, genetic or immune system disorders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, cord blood transplants, peripheral blood stem cell transplants and bone marrow transplants have become mainstream treatments for patients with certain life-threatening blood, genetic or immune system disorders.

They offer hope of remission or cure for people with diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, severe aplastic anemia, severe combined immunodeficiency, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, thalassemia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bone-marrow-stem-cell-cord-blood-transplants-offer-hope-of-remission-in-life-threatening-blood-genetic-or-immune-system-disorders/</link>
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		<title>Umbilical Stem Cell Breakthrough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new type of cell discovered in umbilical-cord blood promises to overcome the ethical and legal dilemmas surrounding the use of embryonic stem cells. International researchers who discovered the cells - called cord-blood-derived-embryonic-like stem cells, or CBEs - have found a way to mass produce them.

Read more on The Stem Cell Blog
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		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/umbilical-stem-cell-breakthrough/</link>
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		<title>Stem cell research lacking Federal cash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With stem cell research legislation still making its way through Capitol Hill, U.S. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, toured local research facilities yesterday to highlight advances already made as well as the need for further federal funding.

If we don’t open up less restrictive policy, places like South Korea and Singapore will run away with this [research],” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/stem-cell-research-lacking-federal-cash/</link>
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		<title>Scientists Race to Map the totality of Human Protein-Protein Interactions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago the Human Genome Project published its final draft – a protein parts list, if you will, for human cells. Noticeably missing, though, were the instructions needed to put those pieces together.

But not for long: Researchers around the world, in both academia and pharmaceutical companies, are working to compile a first draft of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/scientists-race-to-map-the-totality-of-human-protein-protein-interactions/</link>
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		<title>Top Stem Cell Therapy News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Implanted Fetal Stem Cells Survive 16 Months and Multiply 10 Times as Fast as Adult Stem Cells
Young Lives gets fighting chance with Umbilical Cord Blood Transplants
Cord Blood may become Key Source of Stem Cells

Illinois Stem Cell Research gets $10 million
India’s Apollo to set up Stem Cell Therapy Centres
World Stem Cell Map
Stem Cell Therapy For Spinal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-stem-cell-therapy-news/</link>
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		<title>Anouncement: The Stem Cell Blog - News and Hard Facts on Stem Cell Research and Treatment Options</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have forked of our coverage of Stem Cell Research news and views in our recently launched The Stem Cell Blog. You will find it much more active than it was under the folds of multi-faceted Simple Thoughts Blog. 

I think we can do better justice to this topic (Stem Cell Research) in an independent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/anouncement-the-stem-cell-blog-news-and-hard-facts-on-stem-cell-research-and-treatment-options/</link>
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		<title>Stem Cell Hypocrisy of Bush Government</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LATimes has a scathing editorial on the Stem Cell hypocrisy practiced by Bush and his government.
Photographs in Wednesday's papers of President Bush with cuddly little babies, all of whom were produced from surplus fertilized eggs at fertility clinics, represent a White House attempt to deal with the biggest flaw in logic regarding its stem cell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/stem-cell-hypocrisy-of-bush-government/</link>
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		<title>Long term survivality study of stem cell transplants in cancer patients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Improved techniques and supportive care have resulted in a growing number of long-term survivors of stem cell transplants, though little is known about the impact transplants have on patients' lives long after treatment.
This is the first study I have seen which attempted to find out long term effects of stem cell transplants. So far so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/major-step-forward-in-stem-cell-research/</link>
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		<title>Gene keeps neural cells on correct developmental path</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Embryonic stem cells with identical genomes grow into distinctive tissues, such as heart, bone, and brain. At one time, scientists believed the differences among cell types arose from various sets of genes switched on inside developing cells. Then, studies showed that adult neurons uniquely lack a protein that permanently turns off neuronal genes in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/gene-keeps-neural-cells-on-correct-developmental-path/</link>
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		<title>Korean  Study Demonstrates Feasibility of Efficiently Harvesting Genetically Identical Stem Cells from Egg Donors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Korean Scientists lead by Woo Suk Hwang and Shing Yong Moon of Seoul National University in Korea have successfully generated new lines of human embryonic stem cells that are exact genetic matches for individual patients, according to a new study.

The researchers derived stem cells from patients with spinal cord injury, a congenital immune disorder and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/korean-study-demonstrates-feasibility-of-efficiently-harvesting-genetically-identical-stem-cells-from-egg-donors/</link>
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		<title>Researchers use brain MRI scans to literally &#8220;read&#8221; minds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yukiyasu Kamitani of ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, and Frank Tong of Princeton University demonstrated the ability to correctly identify images viewed by volunteers using MRI scans of brain.
The scientists wrote a computer program that recognized the patterns and found that they could successfully predict what images subjects saw. What is more, when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/researchers-use-brain-mri-scans-to-literally-read-minds/</link>
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		<title>Stanford scientists takes first step towards producing renewable source of insulin producing cells from brain-derived stem cells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stanford scientists (Yuichi Hori1, Xueying Gu, Xiaodong Xie, Seung K. Kim) were able to transform "brain-derived human neural progenitor cells" (read stem cells from brain) to glucose responsive insulin producing cells after subjecting them to signals that regulate islet development. In simple words there were able to transform stem cells from brain to insulin producing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/stanford-scientists-demonstrate-ability-to-transform-human-brain-cells-to-insulin-producing-cells/</link>
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		<title>New study gains significantly better understanding of antibiotic resistance, leading to new antibiotics development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to recent statistics published in the Nature (cited by Thomas A. Steitz, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Yale University), hospitals in the United States see about two million cases of antibiotic-resistant infections each year; 90,000 patients die annually from such infections.
Antibiotic resistance is a big problem for renal transplant recipients and is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/new-study-gains-much-better-understanding-of-antibiotic-resistance-leading-to-new-antibiotic-development/</link>
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		<title>New test of biomarkers for diagnosing and treatment of organ transplant rejections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at St. Paul’s Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital are developing a revolutionary new test to diagnose and facilitate treatment of organ rejection in transplant patients.

Patients with end-stage vital organ failure depend on transplantation, but the process has its remaining challenges. Immune cells that normally protect patients can cause rejection and destruction of the very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/new-test-of-biomarkers-for-diagnosing-and-treatment-of-organ-transplant-rejections/</link>
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		<title>Japanese scientists increased insulin production in mice by overexpression of transcription factors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of Japanese scientists has used gene therapy to deliver three insulin transcription factors, MafA, PDX-1, and NeuroD, to the livers of diabetic mice. As a result, the mice experienced an increase in insulin gene expression and insulin production, raising the possibility that this could eventually be used to treat diabetes. The research appears [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/japanese-scientists-increased-insulin-production-in-mice-by-overexpression-of-transcription-factors/</link>
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		<title>Rice University have developed metal &#8220;nanoshells&#8221; to detect and destroy cancer cells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Rice University in Texas have developed a new approach to fighting cancer, based on nanoscale particles that can both detect and destroy cancerous cells. The report appears in the April 13 issue of the American Chemical Society's journal Nano Letters.

To this end, Drezek and West collaborated to develop a new imaging and treatment [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/rice-university-have-developed-metal-nanoshells-to-detect-and-destroy-cancer-cells/</link>
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		<title>Russian clinics and beauty salons peddling stem cell therapy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the rest of the world is cautiously experimenting with stem cell therapy, Russian clinics and beauty salons have claimed that they are already using both adult and embryonic stem cells to treat everything from wrinkles to Parkinson's disease to impotence.

Scientists warn that while stem cells are still being researched in laboratories, treatment by clinics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/russian-clinics-and-beauty-salons-peddling-stem-cell-therapy/</link>
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		<title>Three stem cell clones developed from existing cells in Australia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[News-Medical-Net reports
In an Australian first, UNSW researchers have developed three clones of cells from existing human embryonic stem cells. The breakthrough could lead to new treatments for conditions such as diabetes, Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury.


"This cloning of cells involves a new technique, which is a very accurate way of extracting and then growing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/three-stem-cell-clones-developed-from-existing-cells-in-australia/</link>
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		<title>San Francisco frontrunner for $3 billion stem cell HQ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco emerged as the early front-runner to land California’s new $3 billion stem cell headquarters after its incentive-laden bid scored the highest marks among the four cities named to a short list of contenders.

The institute plans to build at least a 17,000-square-foot office with a maximum of 50 employees who will help dole out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/san-francisco-frontrunner-for-3-billion-stem-cell-hq/</link>
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		<title>Sangamo&#8217;s technology (ZFP) for efficient, permanent correction of disease-causing gene accepted for publication by Nature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) today announced publication of data that demonstrates the use of the Company's zinc finger DNA-binding protein (ZFP) technology to achieve highly efficient, permanent correction of a disease-causing gene in primary human cells. This research, published in Nature as an advance online publication, represents a significant advance in the ability to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sangamos-technology-zfp-for-efficient-permanent-correction-of-disease-causing-gene-accepted-for-publication-by-nature/</link>
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		<title>WHO projects Diabetes will affect 370m by 2030 (currently 177m) worldwide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A diabetes epidemic is under way. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 30m people worldwide had some form of diabetes in 1985; by 2000, the number had increased to 177m. WHO projections suggest that the number of people suffering from the disease will increase to some 370m by 2030.

Source: Research And Markets

The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/who-projects-diabetes-will-affect-370m-by-2030-currently-177m-worldwide/</link>
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		<title>Way to go Massachusetts! Another state becomes wiser to the needs of stem cell research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bill that would allow embryonic stem cell research in Massachusetts cleared its second big legislative hurdle on Thursday with enough support to withstand a near-certain veto by the state's governor.

Following impassioned argument on both sides, the state House of Representatives voted 117-37 in favor of legislation that endorses stem cell research, including stem cells [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/way-to-go-massachusetts-another-state-becomes-wiser-to-the-needs-of-stem-cell-research/</link>
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		<title>Stem Cells cultivated from Hair Follicles can transform into Neurons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of the opposition to stem cells stem from the assumption that human embroys are required for stem cell production. However recent research indicates other viable sources (like placenta) of stem cells. The following appears to me a very promising avenue.

research published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides new insight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/science-technology-at-scientific-americancom-stem-cells-from-hair-follicles-can-change-into-neurons-study-shows-2/</link>
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		<title>First thought reading brain chip implanted in US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A paralysed man in the US has become the first person to benefit from a brain chip that reads his mind.

Matthew Nagle, 25, was left paralysed from the neck down and confined to a wheelchair after a knife attack in 2001.
The pioneering surgery at New England Sinai Hospital, Massachusetts, last summer means he can now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/first-thought-reading-brain-chip-implanted-to-a-paralysed-man-in-us/</link>
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		<title>Biocavity laser is now used to study stem cell functions</title>
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The biocavity laser can show scientists the inner workings of a single cell. Paul Gourley and his colleagues at Sandia proved the laser could do that by studying cancer cells.
Researchers are now using the laser to study stem cells, since cancer cells and stem cells are similar in several ways.
Source: Wired News
We will hopefully know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/biocavity-laser-is-now-used-to-study-stem-cell-functions/</link>
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		<title>AIIMS to give proof of stem cell research- The Times of India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ &#34;Positron Emission Tomography is being installed at AIIMS next month, through which we will get the final proof of our work on heart patients. All the patients would be screened for finding how viable our work was and would also study various heart tissues of the patients metabolically,&#34; Dr P Venugopal, director AIIMS, said.&#160; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/aiims-to-give-proof-of-stem-cell-research-the-times-of-india/</link>
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