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Scientists in Oregon successfully fixed a disease-carrying gene in human embryos. It was the first time this has been done. This small effort could be a big step in preventing inherited, or gene-related diseases. A research team at Oregon Health Scie

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At a meeting early in his tenure, Cook was told of a problem with one of Apple's Chinese suppliers. 在任职初期的一次会议上，库克听说苹果公司的某一家中国供应商出了问题。 This is really bad, he said. Someone should be

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Steve Mirsky.Got a minute? The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to 85-year-old Robert Edwards of England, for the development of in vitro fertilization. The Karolinska Institutes Chris

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The oil-producing OPEC cartel has for the fourth straight month trimmed its estimate of world demand for oil for the rest of this year and in 2012. The 12-nation Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said Tuesday that the demand for oil w

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Dear Mr. Jones: Thank you for your letter of 15th September. As we are now only at the get-acquainted stage, we feel it is too early to take into consideration the matter of sole agency. In our opinion, it would be better for both of us to try out a

Human fertilization process discovered

BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Researchers have discovered how a human egg captures an incoming sperm for fertilization, paving the way to help couples suffering from infertility, according to media reports on Monday. An international team of resear

Coffee may protect against endometrial cancer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Long-term coffee consumption may be associated with a reduced risk for endometrial cancer, according to a study published online Tuesday in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers Prevention, a journal of the American Associat

China promises to promote sustainable development

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Mankind, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, 我的朋友老麦，曾经好心地为我朗读一本中国古代手抄书，并辅以解释， for the first seventy thousand ages ate their meat

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Jeff went online. He looked at $99 printers. Canon had a Pixma MX410. It was an All-in-One printer. He read the reviews. They were good. Plus, the Pixma was reduced to $79. That would save him $20. It was 9 p.m. Saturday. He had just spent five hours

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permit vt. vz.准许，允许 n.许可证 We are not permitted to smoke here. 我们不得在此地抽烟。 I'll contact you after the meeting if time permits. 如果时间许可的话，开完会后我会跟你联络。 You need a permit to go fish

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For / f?:(r)/ Reduce to /f?(r)/ Is that for me? It's for my friend. I'll wait for you for 2 minutes. A table for four, please. To /tu:/ Reduce to /t?/ I have to go now. See you later. He went to work. Reduced to /d?/ I go to work. I told you to leave