BEIJING -- As that world-famous flake and occasional tennis player Goran Ivanisevic once said, after an especially difficult loss at the U.S. Open, I see the plane flying over and I can see my seat on it. Parting Beijing will not be sweet sorrow ...
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CRANSTON, R.I., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A quick look at political figures worldwide shows that many high profile leaders have had hair transplants to avoid baldness -- some less successful than others. "Hair loss is no laughing matter, and a bad or ...
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The delicate hair cells of the inner ear that are crucial to hearing have been grown successfully in mice for the first time by scientists who believe that the technique may one day be used to restore hearing in profoundly deaf people. Many problems ...
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If you're looking for a quirky documentary to add to your late-summer viewing, you could do worse than this cosy Open University-produced programme. This week, the Fossil Detectives (apparently comprising just one very enthusiastic lady) use "living ...
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The search for new therapies for deafness has taken a significant step forward after scientists successfully grew a critical type of ear cell in mammals for the first time. The achievement, by a team whose leader is himself profoundly hard of hearing ...
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A cure for hearing loss could be closer, now that a team of scientists has produced key ear cells in mice--and for the first time verified that the cells work just like natural ones. The inner ear turns sound waves into electrical signals inside the ...
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WASHINGTON - RESEARCHERS working on mice have regrown the tiny hairs in the inner ear that are crucial to hearing, and said on Wednesday their findings might lead to ways to restore hearing loss in humans. The loss of these minute hairs in the ...
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