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Chinese doctors build new nose on man’s forehead

October 5, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Didi Tang THE Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A surgeon in China says he has constructed an extra nose out of a man’s rib cartilage and implanted it under the skin of his forehead to prepare for a transplant in probably the first operation of its kind.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Alexander Seifalian, China, Chinese, University College London, Vol 32 No 41 | October 5 - October 11, attention

British and Japanese scientists win Nobel

October 13, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Malcolm Ritter and Karl Ritter The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two scientists from different generations won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for the groundbreaking discovery that cells in the body can be reprogrammed into completely different kinds, work that reflects the mechanism behind cloning and offers an alternative to using embryonic […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Doug Melton, Elaine Kurtenbach, George Daley, Gladstone Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, John Hardy, Karl Ritter, Karolinska Institute, Kyoto University, Magdalene College, Nobel Prize, President Barack Obama, San Francisco, Shinya Yamanaka, University College London, Vol 31 No 42 | October 13 - October 19, japan

‘Octomom’ case stuns one-child public in China

January 7, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alexa Olesen The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The photo was undeniably cute. A studio portrait of eight babies in identical onesies and perky white cotton hats, sports an array of expressions from giggly to goofy, baffled to bawling.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Associated Press, Author Cai Hong, Bai Yansong, Beijing, China Daily, Chinese Central Television, Guangdong Health Department, Guangzhou Daily, Liang Zhongtang, Liu Jialei, Southeast Asia, University College London, Vol 31 No 2 | January 7 - January 13, Yu Bing, attention, blog

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