The box contained 262 human bone fragments, ranging from complete arm bones to tiny skull fragments.
The first solid evidence implicating stem cells in cancer came in the early 1990s when John Dick, a stem cell researcher at the University of Toronto, developed a method for transplanting cancerous human bone marrow cells into mice.
But as Matthew Herper observed back in June, Medtronic has received something of a black eye this year in connection with its promotion of a key product, recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2, (rhBMP-2) which is designed to speed healthy bone growth and fusion in patients with back pain.
Groups like the one in Missouri are also investigating exactly how different types of human tissue and bone react to femtosecond lasers.
Not only does the robot look Terminator-esque, but it's been designed to mimic the muscle system of a human (with bone-crushing strength, of course) and will be programmed with a semi-autonomous AI so that the android can learn new tasks, all of which is just a little too much like the Terminator for our comfort.
On Tuesday, authorities will try to determine whether the bone is human and whether it connects Garrido, 58, to any crimes beyond the alleged kidnapping and imprisonment of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who went missing in 1991 at age 11.
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Mr Bone said that human trafficking ranked alongside narcotics and firearms in the top three most profitable criminal activities, but had neither the same profile or resources to combat it.
The proper human diet requires not cuts in bone or muscle but in the blubber.
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Detectives said only three of the bone fragments found could be human, and two of these were hundreds of years old.
It also was conducted in a lab and so cannot account for the protection a human body might offer, such as layers of skin, bone and tissue.
Among the exhibits at Crossrail's visitor information centre in St Giles High Street are medieval human bones found at Liverpool Street, a rare amber find and a piece of mammoth jaw bone.
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Tests on bone fragments at Mr Bridger's house "strongly support" the fact they came from a human skull, she said.
Japanese researchers will now study how the bone density of the Medaka fish has changed over time, helping them understand similar changes that occur in human astronauts.
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