This reminds me of the scene in Star Trek IV where Dr McCoy gave an old woman some pills and she grew a new kidney. From the UK Daily Mail
British scientists have grown the world’s first artificial liver from stem cells in a breakthrough that will one day provide entire organs for transplant.
The technique [...]
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I had an earlier post on this phenomenon here discussing some of the possible causes of this early puberty including the environment and more stress
Nearly half of African-American girls start showing signs of puberty by 8 years old, and some American girls are developing as young as 5, even 4 years old, experts say.
Skyla Jones [...]
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It is really sad to see bright children made to think that they are stupid or can only be an NBA star or Nino Brown.
The majority of articles and studies on gifted minority students have focused on issues of identification, primarily because some minority groups of gifted learners, particularly Black, Hispanic American, and Native American, [...]
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Saudis are using stem cells to cure diseases.
The next stage in preventative medicine and one which has arisen from controversy and has now moved out into the mainstream of preventative techniques is stem cell banking. Stem cells came into public prominence after the discovery that these basic building blocks of animal life could be harvested [...]
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If anyone has noticed, I always use the word ‘convert’ to describe Muslim converts instead of the
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The newest thing in the Arab countries
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Haroon points out Dubai’s exporting of its glam hotels and hot spots as well as Sudan’s booming new economy. Unlike Haroon, it
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Vegetables may help keep the brain young
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Umm Zaid pointed out that Alia Ansari, a mother of six,
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Yes, yet another article on Latinas. This seems to be becoming a media fetish.
That aside, Eid can be one of the loneliest times for converts. While everyone else is spending the day with family and old friends, a convert is somewhere by him/herself probably trying to convince him/herself that he/she is having a good time.
Eid, [...]
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According to this article radicalism is finding the
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This speaks for itself. Sadly, there seems to be very little concept of
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- Researcher: Men slightly more intelligent then women
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Researchers are saying that children actually ARE growing up faster and are pinpointing some reasons:
Parents often think their children grow up too quickly, but few are prepared for the problem that Dr. Michael Dedekian and his colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical School reported recently.
At the annual Pediatric Academic Society meeting in May in [...]
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This was a very interesting
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