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Aussie test may be bone transplant lifesaver Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a world-first blood test that could save the lives of tens of thousands of bone marrow transplant patients across the world.
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Woman Finds 'Mammal Bone' in Blue M&M Posted: 9 months ago by bingo
An Atlanta woman has a bone to pick with the candy company Mars after she took a bite into her peanut M&M and says she discovered what a local biologist says is a vertebra from a small mammal.
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New Artificial Bone Made of Wood Posted: 4 months ago by Bingo
Italians scientists have developed a new artificial bone made from wood should be an improvement over the plastic and metal that are now used for implants. Derived from organic material, the new bone substitute will promote faster healing.
To create the bone substitute, the scientists start with a block of wood — red oak, rattan and sipo work best — and heat it until all that remains is pure carbon, which is basically charcoal.
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Silk the key to rebuilding bone Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Silkworms and spiders could hold the key to engineering healthy bone tissue to replace damaged bone and teeth, according to a US biomedical engineer.
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Daisy the dog finds the meal of her dreams... a mammoth bone Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Daisy briefly found herself in doggie heaven ... when she was confronted by a bone as big as herself. However, this was no meaty treat - just a prehistoric prize. For Daisy had discovered a fossilised mammoth bone up to two million years old.
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Biomedical researchers create artificial human bone marrow in a test tube Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab.
This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a continuous supply of blood for transfusions.
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Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial Genome Posted: 1 year ago by AfroMosHi
DNA extracted from a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal bone has just enabled scientists to sequence the complete mitochondrial genome for the human-like species.
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Bone Phone Posted: 2 years ago by bluenutria
A new phone that transmits sound to the inner ear using skull bone conduction.
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Shoplifting Dog Returns To Crime Scene Posted: 10 months ago by suebe
The bone stealing dog, now positively identified, made a bee-line straight to the pet food aisle and took another bone. Update to this earlier story
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Giant wombat bone found Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists in Australia announced on Friday they had found the jawbone of a giant wombat the size of a large car that lived 20,000-40,000 years ago.
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The Bone Chapel Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
40,000 dead form morbidly fascinating sculptures and artwork; skeletons meticulously fashioned in 1870 by a wood carver. This is Sedlec’s Church; All Saints ossuary in the Czech Republic.
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Give a Dog a Bone Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
They are the dogs that the public never sees. Separated from the regular shelter population and not allowed to leave shelter grounds, these dogs may be perfectly healthy, affectionate and friendly, yet most are not up for adoption. That's because they already have owners. More here
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'Injectable Bone' Made to Heal Breaks in a Hurry Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
It can take months for bones to heal after even a small break. Now a U.K. company, RegenTec, hopes to speed up the healing process by injecting a white powder designed to seal broken bones together in minutes.
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Students Turn to Ancient Languages and English to Pass College Entrance Exams Posted: 5 months ago by suebe
A Sichuan student who failed his Chinese-language paper in this year's National College Entrance Examination has secured a university place because he wrote an 800-word essay in Bronze Age oracle bone script
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Daughter Saves Her Dad Posted: 7 months ago by 2manyusernames
Larry Glick found out he had leukemia. His only chance of survival rested on a bone marrow transplant. Out of 7 million donors, none were a match so his 9-year old daughter stepped up to the plate and became the youngest donor
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Worst bone breaks Posted: 2 years ago by cycostinkoman
Ouch doesn't cover it. If you get queasy from pain, don't watch.
(And I heard that the one at 32 seconds did it on purpose so he didn't have to go to Iraq)
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Oldest Art in Americas Found on Mammoth Bone? Posted: 6 months ago by Doggylives
The Americas' oldest known artist may have been an Ice Age hunter in what is now Florida, according to an anthropologist who has examined a 13,000-year-old bone etching.
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Scientists use inkjet printer to create artificial bones Posted: 3 years ago by dumbn00b
The process uses inkjet technology to build up layer upon layer of the perfect bone graft. The substance they use is similar enough to human bone that it eventually dissolves naturally in the body.
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Sperm Made From Female Bone Marrow Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Guys, you better remind the ladies in your life that you can still be useful for killing spiders and taking out the trash because soon they will be able to have babies without us. Update to this.
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Walrus Penis Bone Up for Auction Posted: 2 years ago by gnikgnok
It would make an interesting objet d'art, I suppose.
"What's that thing hanging over your fireplace?"
"Oh, that's my walrus penis."
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