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Parenting of the future: Many embryos, each with DNA profile
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The future of parenting may see a big change as scientists and ethicists have a startling prediction about how children will be conceived in the future.
Thanks to advances in science, some ethicists...
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Ethicist Foresees Choosing Babies from Embryos
WITH INCREASING RATES OF INFERTILITY AROUND THE GLOBE, RESEARCHERS ARE EXPLORING NEW FRONTS IN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
SOUNDBITE (English) Amander Clark, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center:
"Around 10...
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NEWS FEATURE Scientists trying to develop new treatments to fight cancer
Leuven - November 15, 2007
1. Wide exterior of Leuven University Hospital
2. Leuven University Hospital flag flying
3. Professor Peter Carmeliet walking into laboratory
4. Laboratory technicians conducting tests
5. Close-up of tray...
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American Roger Kornberg lone winner of 2006 Nobel chemistry prize
1. Various exterior shots of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences building
2. Close up sign reading "Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences"
3. Nobel committee sitting down for briefing
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gunnar Oquist, Permanent Secretary...
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The device you swallow that could one day sense illnesses
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Scientists have developed a capsule packed with tiny electronics and millions of genetically engineered living cells that might someday be used to spot health problems from inside the gut.
The swallowed...
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US researcher Eric Betzig reacts to winning Nobel prize for chemistry
A US scientist who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday said that he wasn't quite sure how to welcome the honour.
Working independently from each other, US researchers Eric Betzig and William Moerner and Stefan Hell of Germany...
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Cancer conference discuss treatments
Barcelona, September 24, 2007
1. Various shots of Laurent Cohen walking steps down
2. Various shots of Laurent Cohen at his desk
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Laurent Cohen, Cancer Survivor
"I never had doubts that I was going to win this...
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BEATING HEART CELLS MADE FROM PATIENT'S SKIN
Haifa, May 23, 2012
1. Close of monitor showing microscope view of beating cells in the Rambam Medical Centre laboratory
2. Mid of researcher at the microscope zoom out and pan to monitor
3. Close zoom in of beating cells on monitor...
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For all the emotional debate over embryonic stem cells, it is adult stem cells that are at the forefront of human testing. (August 2)
HEADLINE: Out of the spotlight, adult stem cells far ahead of embryonic in human trials.
CAPTION: For all the emotional debate over embryonic stem cells, it is adult stem cells that are at the forefront of human testing. (August...
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Nanoknife treatment for cancer patients
An experimental procedure is being used on cancer patients who have exhausted all conventional forms of treatment.
The Nanoknife uses electricity to help destroy cancer in soft tissue, without harming other organs.
The procedure is...
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Yoshinori Ohsumi wins medicine Nobel Prize
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components.The Karolinska Institute honoured Ohsumi for "brilliant...
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Bacteria is programmed to act like a computer
San Francisco, US, February 2, 2011
1. Christopher Voigt with Alvin Tamsir, graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics Department
2. Close shot petri dish with colonies of bacteria
3. Various University of California San Francisco,...
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Study Backs Cell Transplants for Severe Diabetes
Transplants of insulin-producing pancreas cells are a long hoped-for treatment for diabetes — and a new study shows they can protect the most seriously ill patients from a life-threatening complication of the disease, an important...
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Modeled after the way plants cells expand and shrink in the sun, bioengineers at UC Berkeley have created a new gel that can be manipulated by light, which could be used for drug delivery and tissue engineering.
HEADLINE: Bioengineers invent light-controlled gel
Suggested Caption: Modeled after the way plants cells expand and shrink in the sun, bioengineers at UC Berkeley have created a new gel that can be manipulated by light, which could be...
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Stem cell scientists overcome a major obstacle to creating whole organs
There's some excitement in the air at Stamford University and it's due to the stem cell research taking place in these these laboratories.
Scientists here claim they've taken a big step toward using the cell's regenerative properties to...
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The rodents that could reveal the key to a long and cancer-free life
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A look at the odd little rodents which scientists think could hold the blueprint to healthy old age and resistance to many cancers.
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This little creature is a rodent by name,...
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The rodents that could reveal the key to a long and cancer-free life
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Scientists believe an odd looking rodent that has a resistance to cancers could hold the key to a healthy old age.
The naked mole-rat from East Africa has a unique genetic make-up that means it can...
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The rodents that could reveal the key to a long and cancer-free life
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Scientists believe an odd looking rodent that has a resistance to cancers could hold the key to a healthy old age.
The naked mole-rat from East Africa has a unique genetic make-up that means it can...
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Scientists Edit Human Embryo Genes in US First
For the first time in the United States, scientists have edited the genes of human embryos, a controversial step toward someday helping babies avoid inherited diseases.
The experiment was just an exercise in science — the...
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Afghan puppy is world's first cloned dog
1. Wide shot of researchers playing with cloned dog and its parents
2. Close up of South Korea's cloning pioneer, Professor Hwang Woo-suk and cloned dog 'SNUPPY' (Seoul National University Puppy)
3. Medium shot of researchers and...
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FEATURES: US: Stem Cells: Funding threat to embryonic stem-cell research.
Baltimore, Maryland; Los Angeles, California & Washington, DC; USA March 6-13, 2001
Baltimore, Maryland March 7, 2001- APTN
1. Mid view researcher looking through microscope
2. Close-up of monitor showing embryonic stem cells
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Molecular biologists isolate a rare adult stem cell +++CLIENT REPLAY++++
1. Close-up and wide view of stem cells being treated in lab
2. Mid and close-up image of neurons
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Elmer Price, University of Missouri, Associate Professor of Biomedical Science:
"Historically most adult stem...
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Medical beauty treatments arrive in LA luxury hotels
LEAD IN:There's a new secret to looking younger in Beverly Hills: so-called 'medi-spa' treatments.These services can now be found in the luxurious beauty rooms of some of LA's top hotels.STORY-LINE:A woman lies back as her face is...
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Actor Michael J Fox campaigns for stem cell research
1. Actor Michael J. Fox walks to podium
2. Wide shot Ben Cardin, democratic senate candidate at podium, Zoom into Fox shaking hands with man on wheel chair
3. Various close-ups of Fox
4. Wide of Ben Cardin, Democratic Senate...