Western and eastern styles met in the capital of United Arab Emirates last week, as Abu Dhabi held its first fashion show. Plunging necklines and audacious skirts, this isn't Milan or New York, but Abu Dhabi, the first Fashion Week ever organized in

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Evidence is seen for a possible cause of solid tumors, but many questions remain. Transcript of radio broadcast: 24 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Some experts predict that doctors will someday use stem cells to treat many

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Don: Time to go again to the A Moment of Science mailbox. A listener writers: Dear Don and Yal, I've had a problem with cavities all my life, so I'm wondering if there are any new dental techniques or discoveries that can help me prevent tooth decay?

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Unit 44 Trees Are Violet In 1874, fifty-five artists held the first independent group show of Impressionist art. Most of them, including Canne, Pissarro, Renoir, Degas, Monet, Manet, and his sister-in-law Berthe Morisot -- a bunch of lunatics and a w

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Water Blankets Forming Planets A study in the journal Science finds much more molecular water in regions where planets are forming around young stars. The mechanism to keep the water from being destroyed by UV radiation appears to involve some of the

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By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 22 June 2006 watch Stem Cell report A new medical treatment injecting embryonic stem cells and other drugs into paralyzed mice has researchers wondering if it could eventually help humans suffering from Parkinson's an

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By Michael Bowman Washington 07 June 2007 Scientists in the United States say they have for the first time been able to create stem cells from the ordinary skin cells of mice, a breakthrough that could lead to new medical breakthroughs and eliminate

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 30 October 2006 watch Stem Cell report Controversy over specific political issues can spawn yet more controversy involving the way those issues are debated. As VOA's Peter Fedynsky reports, a statement by a well-kn

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Medical experts in Miami are hoping to speed up research using embryonic stem cells. Their work may lead to advances in treatment for spinal cord injuries, Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses. President Barack Obama signs an Executive Order on s

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For the first time, scientists have altered the DNA in human embryos to make a fundamental discovery about early human development. Scientists say this proves that modifying genes and human embryos can reveal powerful insights into

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Breaking Taboo, Swedish Scientist Seeks To Edit DNA Of Healthy Human Embryos play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:12repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or updat

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'Minibrains' Could Help Drug Discovery For Zika And For Alzheimer's play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:52repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Fl

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By Kevin Billinghurst Stockholm 08 October 2007 The Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology will be shared this year by three researchers, two Americans and a Briton, for their studies of embryonic stem cells in mice. Kevin Billinghurst was on the scen

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By Carol Pearson Washington 17 December 2007 2007 was a year notable for breakthroughs in medicine. VOA's Carol Pearson looks back at some of the top medical stories of the year. One of the most promising developments in health in 2007 was the disco

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By Victoria Cavaliere New York 16 October 2007 An annual stem cell research conference in New York has been bringing together some of the field's top scientists to discuss breakthroughs in stem cell research and what proponents call its long-term app

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By VOA News 20 November 2007 Two separate teams of scientists say they have transformed ordinary human skin cells into ones that look and act like embryonic stem cells. Laboratory teams at universities in the United States and Japan Tuesday announced

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By Cindy Saine Washington 10 November 2007 Lawmakers in both houses of the U.S. Congress this week handed President Bush a major defeat when they voted to override his veto legislation to fund popular water projects. It was the first time in his seve

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U.S. President Barack Obama has lifted restrictions on federal funding for medical research using human embryonic stem cells. Mr. Obama says it is part of a broader effort to limit political interference in science. 美国总统奥巴马解除对用政

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By Jessica Berman Washington 19 December 2007 Stem cell research was the major medical and science story this past year, topping the list of achievements that experts say might finally lead to cures for many diseases. Meanwhile, global health officia

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President Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have met in New York opening their discussions on Syria and Ukraine with a stony face handshake. US officials said they agreed to explore a political solution to the crisis in Syria. Presiden

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