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(Nanowerk News) A team from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of Columbia University has generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately reflect the ...See all stories on this topic » […]

The power of regeneration might be right at your fingertips. Clumsy manicurists can thank a set of stem cells under the base of the fingernail for erasing their mistakes. Those cells allow not only trimmed fingernails but amputated fingertips to regrow ...See all stories on this topic » […]

We have all heard of stem cells and stem cell research. Stem cells have been a political hot potato for years, and while the debate in Washington still lingers, there are companies making strides in research and developing technologies to make stem ...See all stories on this topic » […]

Second Avenue Subway: New York's Excavation Project Looks Like A Moonscape (slide show) […]

Some Notes on Attunement: A voyage around Joni Mitchell (or pdf). Author Zadie Smith discovers Joni Mitchell. […]

Cooking For Freedom A few days before I met Ahmed Jama in Mogadishu, three Islamist gunmen from Al Shabaab — al-Qa'eda's Somali branch — burst into his new restaurant wearing suicide bomb jackets. They sprayed the place with bullets and then detonated themselves. NPR: At His Own Risk, Somali Chef Creates Gourmet Haven In War-Weary Mogadishu Why I r […]