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Transplant jaw made by 3D printer claimed as firstA 3D printer-created lower jaw has been fitted to an 83-year-old woman's face in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.
"The new treatment is a world premiere because it concerns the first patient-specific implant in replacement of the entire lower jaw."
- Dr Jules Poukens from Hasselt University |
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First Hybrids, Now Plug-Ins? London Taxi Firm Aims HighLondon, UK - The website of UK based EVUK the Campaign for Real, Long-range Electric Vehicles ֖ recently carried an intriguing report that plug-in hybrid taxis may soon be heading for the streets of London. |
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Discovery shuttle makes flawless landingCape Canaveral - With a fiery dive through Earth's atmosphere and a final plummet onto its home runway, shuttle Discovery and its six astronauts finished 13 days in orbit Monday and took a giant step toward resuming regular space flights. |
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Senate vote a breakthrough for whistleblowersWashington, DC - Last month a powerful, bipartisan cadre of senators engineered a miracle breakthrough toward restoring sunlight in government - long recognized as the best antidote for the social disease of corruption. |
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Mel Gibson donation will help build houses in MexicoVeracruz, Mexico - Mel Gibson, about to wrap up the filming of his Mayan epic, Apocalypto, in the jungles of Mexico's Veracruz state, is donating money to build houses for poor people in the region. |
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New constitution to ensure women’s rightsKathmandu - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs K.P. Sharma Oli has said that the new Constitution to be drafted through the Constituent Assembly should give equal rights to women. |
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Yoga Trend Catching on With SoldiersWashington, DC - When Marine Lt. Alan Zarracina finally did the splits after months of struggling with the difficult pose in yoga class, the limber women around him applauded. |
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Blood Test Predicts Detects Lung Cancer Years Before CT ScanKentucky - A new blood test is able to correctly predict non-small-cell lung cancer in patients years before any CT scan can detect it, say researchers from the University of Kentucky, USA. The test identifies human immune response to tumors. |
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India develops indigenous bird flu vaccineNew Delhi - Four months after the outbreak of bird flu in Maharashtra's Nandurbar district, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed an indigenous vaccine against the deadly disease. |
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Tioman Proving To Be A Biological GoldmineKuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Tioman Island is the home to 14 new species, including 10 types of lizards, three varieties of snakes and a frog. |
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UNICEF to construct 500 quake-resistant primary schools in PakistanIslamabad, Pakistan - The UN Children's Fund, the UNICEF will construct five hundred permanent quake-resistant primary schools and seventy permanent rural health centers in Pakistan's earthquake affected areas under its Earthquake Recovery Plan. |
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Conservationists rejoice at return of burrowing owlManitoba - Five years ago, Manitoba's burrowing owls pulled a disappearing act. |
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Finches on Galapagos Islands EvolvingWashington, DC - Finches on the Galapagos Islands that inspired Charles Darwin to develop the concept of evolution are now helping confirm it -- by evolving. |
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Rare Whales Can Live to Nearly 200, Eye Tissue RevealsLa Jolla, CA - Scientists have looked into the eyes of rare bowhead whales and learned that some of them can outlive humans by generations-with at least one male pushing 200 years old. |
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HIV and AIDS Patients Offered a Once-Daily PillWashington, DC - It is being called the world's first once-a-day treatment for HIV and AIDS, and it promises to make life easier for AIDS patients who have had to take a multitude of pills in the past. |
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Researchers Build Sharpest TipCalgary, AB - Forget the phrase, "sharp as a tack." Now, thanks to new University of Alberta research the popular expression might become, "sharp as a single atom tip formed by chemically assisted spatially controlled field evaporation." |
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