Then the nucleus of a cell -- any cell in the body -- is taken from the individual to be cloned and inserted into the egg.

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What scientists have been looking for are proteins which are found on the tumour cells - but not on every other cell of the body - which provoke some sort of immune response.

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He then wants to take moulded sheets of artificial skin to build up the intermediate layer, the dermis, before adding the outer epithelium graft employing new approaches that lift thin, 20-cell-thick slices from elsewhere on the body.

BBC: US Army seeks new ways to treat facial skin injuries

Embryonic stem cells are blank cells found in four- to five-day-old embryos, which have the ability to turn into any cell in the body.

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However, tinkering with T-cell function is only a small part of what is being done to overcome the body's often-cursed refusal to be medicated.

ECONOMIST: Breaching the body's defences

The parts of the body that mustn't dissolve--cell membranes, for instance--are made of oily molecules, and even a child knows that oil and water don't mix.

FORBES: The Story Of Eau

The trailblazing body shell structure of the SLS AMG E-CELL is part of the ambitious "AMG Lightweight Performance" design strategy.

ENGADGET: Visualized: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell bares all

About one in 200 children are born with faulty mitochondria - the tiny power stations which provide energy to every cell in the body.

BBC: 'Three people, one baby' public consultation begins

Agarwal is in the early stages of further research that can model the human body's role in protecting from radio-frequency electromagnetic waves emitted from cell phones.

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The genetics of mitochondria are most peculiar: several different strains of mitochondria, each with its own slightly different genome, can co-exist in a single body, or even in a single cell.

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