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Lab Grows First Contracting Human Muscle Tissue

Lab Grows First Contracting Human Muscle Tissue

| January 16, 2015 Comment

Lab grows first contracting human muscle tissue – For the first time, researchers have grown human skeletal muscle in the lab that contracts and responds to electrical pulses and medicine just like living tissue. The tissue, created by Duke University biomedical engineering Nenad Bursac and postdoctoral researcher Lauran Madden, represents a entirely new, more human-like medium […]

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Ariz. County May Refuse to Hire Smokers

Ariz. County May Refuse to Hire Smokers

| December 7, 2014 Comment

Ariz. County May Refuse to Hire Smokers – Pima County will vote this month on whether to stop hiring tobacco users and penalize employees who smoke. An Arizona county’s board of supervisors will vote this month on whether to refuse to hire smokers and penalize current employees who smoke. If passed, the policy would require […]

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