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First cloned human embryo created from skin cell

A cloned human embryo has been produced for the first time from a skin cell, raising the prospect that such embryos could be made to provide stem cells tailored to any patient.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13198-first-cloned-human-embryo-created-from-skin-cell.html

2008-01-17

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Skin ageing 'reversed' in mice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7119552.stm

Scientists have reversed the effects of ageing on the skin of mice by blocking the action of a specific protein.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7119552.stm

2007-11-30

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Surprise! Your Skin Can Hear

http://www.livescience.com/health/091125-skin-hears-sounds.html

A more likely explanation is that we have brains that perceive rather than we have eyes that see and ears that hear.

http://www.livescience.com/health/091125-skin-hears-sounds.html

2009-11-25

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Humans 'hear' through their skin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8374910.stm

Sensations on the skin play a part in how people hear speech, say Canadian researchers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8374910.stm

2009-11-26

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US army heat ray gun in Afghanistan

A newly-developed heat ray gun that burns the skin but doesn't cause permanent injury is now with US troops in Afghanistan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10646540

2010-07-15

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Sensitive touch for 'robot skin'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11265415

2010-09-13

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Whales suffer effects of sunburn

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9173000/9173271.stm

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Skin moles link to delayed ageing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11813378

Plentiful skin moles may keep you younger on the inside, say scientists.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11813378

2010-11-22

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Fish pedicure safety in question

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12595809

Health experts are investigating the safety of fish pedicures after concerns that this latest pampering craze could spread infections. The treatment involves dunking the feet in tanks filled with Garra rufa fish that can nibble away dead skin.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12595809

2011-02-28

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