Sir Ian and his team fused the genetic information from an adult sheep cell nucleus with an egg cell to form an embryo that developed into a genetically identical copy of the original adult.
It transpires that they can form during cell division at the point where DNA is being replicated, and may have a hand in the development of some cancers -- meaning they're of great interest to oncologists.
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Of course, given that we all carry around our own personal digital trackers these days in the form of cell and smartphones, privacy and civil liberties advocates are already moving on to the next big location legal question: should the government need a warrant to get access to the whereabouts of your phone (and thus you)?
After a couple of days, the newly nucleated cell should have divided to form a ball of cells called a blastocyst.
Dr Michael Seckl, a medical oncologist, and his team at the hospital found that treating cancerous cells with Taxol and stem cell infusion - an advanced form of bone marrow transplantation - was successful.
Coffee drinkers may also be protecting themselves against basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, according to a July report in the journal Cancer Research.
The world's first patient trial is using a drug combination of Thalidomide and chemotherapy to treat small cell lung cancer, the most deadly form of lung cancer.
These calculations are performed live on the iPhone using a crowd-sourced database of Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower data that is generated by tens of millions of iPhones sending the geo-tagged locations of nearby Wi-Fi hotspots and cell towers in an anonymous and encrypted form to Apple.
But Jobs suffered from a rarer and less fatal form of the disease, called islet cell pancreatic cancer.
The question is when storing of electricity in batteries or a fuel cell feedstock will become more eonomicial than burning a form of chemical energy to gain mechanical power.
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Concentrating on the most common form of oesophageal cancer, called squamous cell carcinoma, the researchers questioned 156 women with the disease from Oxfordshire, East Anglia, Trent and Eastern Scotland about their lifestyles.
This morning, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it had approved the AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people ) drug for treating advanced cases of non-small-cell lung cancer, which is the most common form of lung cancer in the United States.
Small molecules in nature, mostly what are called polyphenols (resveratrol, quercetin, catechin, curcumin, others), as found in concentrated form in red wine, can cross the cell wall and enter the cell and influence genetic machinery.
It seems to be particularly important for the growth and survival of some cancer cells and large amounts of the molecule are often present in the cells of non-small cell lung cancers, sometimes in a mutated, over-active form.
In addition to crystal white bodypanels the electric drive design package comprises white alloy rims, a green tridion cell, green mirror caps and numerous green accents in the interior which form an attractive contrast to the black seats.
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The patients who had the stem cell marker protein Lamin A present in their tissue were more likely to have an aggressive form of the disease.
Form the details I heard, which are still emerging, people believed that he accidentally left his cell phone in a hurry to catch the flight.
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