Japan & Korea
Youngest Patient Ever Gets Lab-made Windpipe
April 30, 2013 3:41 pm | by LINDSEY TANNER - AP Medical Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsA 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment. Hannah Warren has been unable to breathe, eat, drink or swallow on her own since she was born in South Korea in 2010.
High Cesium Level Found in Fish by Fukushima Plant
March 17, 2013 3:03 am | by MALCOLM FOSTER - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Japanese utility that owns the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant says it has detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught close to the plant. That's 7,400 times the government limit for safe human consumption. The bottom-dwelling fish called a...
‘Zombie Worm’ Development Unveiled
March 13, 2013 9:40 am | News | CommentsHow do bone-eating worms reproduce? A new study sheds light on this question through a detailed observation of the postembryonic development and sexual maturation of Osedax worms, also known as “zombie worms.”
New Technology Allows Scientists to Capture and Preserve Cancer Cells Circulating in the Bloodstream
December 17, 2012 9:27 am | by RIKEN Advanced Science Institute | News | CommentsScientists report a new nanoscale Velcro-like device that captures and releases tumor cells that have broken away from primary tumors and are circulating in the bloodstream. This new nanotechnology could be used for cancer diagnosis and give insight into the mechanisms of how cancer spreads throughout the body.
