News tagged with scars
Salamanders, regenerative wonders, heal like mammals, people
Jul 01, 2009 |
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The salamander is a superhero of regeneration, able to replace lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord -- even bits of lopped-off brain. But it turns out that remarkable ability isn't so mysterious after ...
French hospital performs face, hand transplants
Apr 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Paris' Public Hospital authority says a team of doctors has performed the world's first simultaneous partial-face and double-hand transplant.
Scientists find facial scars increase attractiveness
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Men with facial scars are more attractive to women seeking short-term relationships, scientists at the University of Liverpool have found.
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Surgeons remove gall bladder through belly button to prevent scars
Sep 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgeons at The Methodist Hospital in Houston are removing gall bladders through a single incision in the belly button to prevent scarring for patients with gall stones. The procedure also has the potential ...
Study: Botulinum toxin heals facial scars
Aug 08, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say treating facial wounds during the early healing phase with botulinum toxin -- Botox -- improves the later appearance of scars.
Sea lamprey up in Lake Superior
Aug 27, 2005 |
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The number of sea lamprey has nearly doubled in western Lake Superior in the past year, according to Minnesota and U.S. wildlife officials.
Was mighty T.rex 'Sue' felled by a lowly parasite?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When pondering the demise of a famous dinosaur such as 'Sue,' the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex whose fossilized remains are a star attraction of the Field Museum in Chicago, it is hard to avo ...
Scorched Earth millenium map shows 'fire scars'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 22, 2008 |
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A geographer from the University of Leicester has produced for the first time a map of the scorched Earth for every year since the turn of the Millennium.
MSU researcher creates system helping police to match tattoos to suspects
Jun 19, 2008 |
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A Michigan State University researcher has created an automatic image retrieval system, whereby law enforcement agencies will be able to match scars, marks and tattoos to identify suspects and victims.
Liver disease 'shrunk' by blood-pressure drug
Jun 01, 2009 |
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A blood-pressure medicine has been shown to reverse the effects of early-stage liver failure in some patients.
Stem cell therapy makes cloudy corneas clear
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Stem cells collected from human corneas restore transparency and don't trigger a rejection response when injected into eyes that are scarred and hazy, according to experiments conducted in mice by researchers at the University ...
Hopkins transplant surgeons remove healthy kidney through donor's vagina
Feb 02, 2009 |
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In what is believed to be a first-ever procedure, surgeons at Johns Hopkins have successfully removed a healthy donor kidney through a small incision in the back of the donor's vagina.
Study reveals predation-evolution link
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Sep 10, 2007 |
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The fossil record seems to indicate that the diversity of marine creatures increased and decreased over hundreds of millions of years in step with predator-prey encounters, Virginia Tech geoscientists report ...
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