Only last year, she said, Egli and Paull and their colleagues demonstrated that the nuclear transfer of eggs cells could generate patient-specific stem cell lines for potential cell replacement therapy to treat diseases like diabetes.

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We believe that as technology evolves, the declining price of application-rich smart-phones will make them a viable replacement to ordinary cell phones.

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Vonage Managing Director Kerry Ritz said that the Wi-Fi device was not a replacement for the cell phone, but was a different product that could be used for different applications.

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When they tried to use the phone, they discovered that the battery had died, and were given either a brand-name replacement or a cheaper generic cell phone battery.

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Most everyone now has a cell phone, so handset manufacturers must fight for sales of replacement units.

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But cord-replacement applications like the wireless headsets used for consumer cell phones are likely to be very useful for business users such as call-center operators, sales people, or real estate agents on the road, he says.

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"Lots and lots of things are happening that indicate a worldwide interest, and most of the knowledgeable people are convinced that the next-generation replacement for the internal combustion engine is going to be a fuel cell, " Roan said.

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Did the fact that we spend more than three hundred dollars a month in cell phone usage play any part in the decision of our wireless provider when we begged for a replacement?

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