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Stem Cells From Placentas Show Potential in Treating Heart Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and More

An Israeli biotechnology firm is betting that stem cells harvested from human placentas can help treat a host of diseases--and strengthen muscles in the process.READ»

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iFive: First Stem Cell Treatment Trial, Google's Wind Farm, Ngmoco Bought, Irish Three Strikes Law Defeated, Spotify Phone

Spare a thought for Gray Collins, as you ponder the prospect of all those work-related emails you've got to send: Collins is in the middle of a non-stop Twitterthon for charity. His tweet burden is one every 10 minutes, which doesn't ...READ»

This Week's Top Tech News: Elimination Edition

Put an end to blindness, bullshit, copyright laws and Time Warner's dark hegemony? Sure: the top tech stories of the week are all about the death of things that Web nerds hate--and that includes Bing, whether you like the idyllic backgrounds or not. READ»

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Future Science Now

CNN reported today that a woman successfully received a transplant of a section of trachea made from her own stem cells. Scientific progress of the future has arrived.READ»