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China competes in stem cell research

Health & Medicine

Chinese labs don’t have a great reputation in the research community, but new discoveries on stem cells are changing that.

Chemicals That Make You Fat

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Emerging Science Note/ Placenta Power

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Emerging Science Note/Getting to the Root of the Problem

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Note on Emerging Science

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Maggot P.I.

A stray hair or a partial fingerprint could be the essential clues that seal a murder case. But a movement is afoot to incorporate maggots and flies in the routine investigation of crime. Host Steve Curwood talks with author Jessica Snyder-Sachs about her new book, Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of […]

Maggot P. I.

A stray hair or a partial fingerprint could be the essential clues that seal a murder case. But a movement is afoot to incorporate maggots and flies in the routine investigation of crime. Host Steve Curwood talks with author Jessica Snyder-Sachs about her new book, Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of […]

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Early experiences in the womb have long consequences for future health

Environment

In her new book, ‘Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives,’ Annie Murphy Paul writes about the lasting effects of life in the womb. Paul researched and wrote her book during her second pregnancy.

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Changing the federal policy on stem cells

Environment

Today President Obama will lift restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research imposed by the Bush Administration. The Takeaway will discuss what the change in policy will mean for the future of this promising area of medicine.

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Stem cell technique prevents organ rejection in windpipe transplant

Environment

‘Just a few days after it was put in they could see it had actually grown into her body.’
–Matthew Hill on a windpipe transplant using stem cells

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