Mobile phone recycling is a fast increasing notion that is taking the world by storm, and a way of earning yourself some additional money. Even so, people across the world are still very much unacquainted towards the potential behind this new cash earning arrangement.
Should you or any person you know have any old mobile phones [...]

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Mobile phone recycling is {starting to increase in popularity with numerous individuals from around the world, but what mobile phone is selling for the most? And which cell phone is the best selling?
Well predictably the iPhone 3G is the most valuable at the moment clocking in at a staggering £350 at MobilePhoneXchange, so if [...]

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Here is yet another source of the disease-remedy for diabetics – tobacco! The link between tobacco and diabetes may appear bizarre for you. But, when the scientific world conspires for something, it is destined to happen – no matter how unusual it seems to appear initially.
Yes, the U.S. scientists are up with arms to develop [...]

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) scientists have recently managed to create a 3D image of a living cell! The method is similar to the xray CT scan technology used by the doctors today. This is a major breakthrough in medical history.
The technique of creating live images have been published in the Nature [...]

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Humans have shown occasional signs of altruistic behavior i.e. helping others without thinking about the results or personal benefits.Chimpanzees have shown similar signs as well. Recently a study conducted by scientists at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda proved the fact that chimps can also be selfless How selfless can they be?
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After cloning and mutations, the scientists seem to have grown desperate to venture into new worlds of innovations. And the result — scientists have surprisingly transformed a bacteria species into another species completely for the first time.
No, this is not a Hollywood fiction, but a team of US scientists have actually done this by transplanting [...]

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While cancer can be prevented by changing major preventable causes and elements of one’s lifestyles, be it tobacco use, physical inactivity, obesity or poor nutrition, it also has got several curative procedures.
But, most of the procedures are cumbersome and expensive. With the number of cancer cases rising across the world, scientists too are confidently all [...]

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A company have claimed that — they have been able to repair the eye site in genetically altered mice using embryonic stem cells to repair damage.
Massachusetts based Advanced Cell Technology have stated that they have been able to create blood vessel precursor cells out of stem cells, and are plans to test them in humans.
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Soon it would be possible that doctors can detect tuberculosis within one minute with the help of bio-sensors. Scientists from Thailand based Srinakharinwirot University’s nanotechnology centre are close to develop a new technology, which will diagnose micobacterium tuberculosis within 60 seconds.
Biosensor is a technology in which enzymes or antibodies are used to [...]

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Researchers in the United States have isolated a set of four genes closely linked to the growth of breast cancer cells and their spread to the lungs, according to a study released on Wednesday.

The study, conducted in mice and reported in this week’s Nature, helps to explain how cancer metastasis can occur and highlights targets [...]

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US scientists claim to have genetically engineered a strain of virus capable of destroying cancerous cells. In a study published last Friday in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, scientists at Jennerex Biotherapeutics in San Francisco genetically engineered a strain of the virus used to vaccinate people against smallpox which when injected to cancer tumours in [...]

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Viruses have been the major life threatening microorganisms since time immemorial. All viruses are infective unlike all bacteria that can also be beneficial. Viruses are known to cause various types of cancers also such as Hodgkin’s, non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, cancers of the throat and liver. Viruses basically cause cancer by mutating a critical gene for replication [...]

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