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Pig Cells To Fight Diabetes

A biotech company in New Zealand is conducting experiments using the insulin producing cells of newborn pigs to fight Type 1 Diabetes in humans.They plan to implant the pig cells into human volunteers. Type 1...

created by Barbara McPherson | 16 wks ago
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Unfashionable Cancers Receive Less Funding

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Unfashionable Cancers Receive Less Funding

A report by the UK National Cancer Research Institute reveals that unfashionable cancers receive less research money and attention from scientists, despite increased funding over a 4 year period towards...

created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Japan approves CyberKnife system for extracranial use

"Robotic radiosurgery system offers non-invasive treatment alternative for tumors anywhere in the body Sunnyvale, Calif. (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that Japan's...

created by uusjio | 1 year ago
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Being a little chunky ain't so bad, after all

Barry Artiste

Being a little chunky ain't so bad, after all

OpinionBarry ARtiste, Now Public ContributorAs I have reported so many times on Now Public about Junk Science, Researchers who rely on public money for their livlihood have differing opinions, most researchers...

created by Barry Artiste | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Breakthrough sheds light on cause of diabetes

"One of the root causes of type 1 diabetes may need rethinking â the condition may be triggered by faulty nerves in the pancreas, a new study reveals. Type 1 diabetes has long been described as an autoimmune disease in which the bodyâs immune system targets islet...

created by nukegingrich | 2 years ago
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Patients help fight cancer after death

"AP - Pancreatic cancer killed William Schunk. Now scientists are using his body to fight back. Within about an hour of his death, researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center began collecting the Omaha veteran's organs as part of a unique "rapid autopsy"...