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		<title>Judge Nullifies Human Gene Patents</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/03/30/judge-nullifies-human-gene-patents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Monday nullified patents associated with human genes known to detect early signs of breast and ovarian cancer. It was the first time a federal court has invalidated a patent on genes. The American Civil Liberties Union, &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/03/30/judge-nullifies-human-gene-patents/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/03/16/augmented-reality-in-a-contact-lens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A contact lens with simple built-in electronics is already within reach; in fact, my students and I are already producing such devices in small numbers in my laboratory at the University of Washington, in Seattle. These lenses don’t give us &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/03/16/augmented-reality-in-a-contact-lens/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>French bread spiked with LSD in CIA experiment</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/03/12/french-bread-spiked-with-lsd-in-cia-experiment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1951, a quiet, picturesque village in southern France was suddenly and mysteriously struck down with mass insanity and hallucinations. At least five people died, dozens were interned in asylums and hundreds afflicted. For decades it was assumed that the &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/03/12/french-bread-spiked-with-lsd-in-cia-experiment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Grow your own body parts&#8217; could herald in the age of the active centenarian</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/10/20/grow-your-own-body-parts-could-herald-in-the-age-of-the-active-centenarian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[British scientists are working on a system which should allow the elderly to buy body parts &#8220;off the shelf&#8221; and even regenerate their own damaged joints and hearts. As well as new harder wearing artificial hip and knee joints, their &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/10/20/grow-your-own-body-parts-could-herald-in-the-age-of-the-active-centenarian/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers use brain interface to post to Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/20/researchers-use-brain-interface-to-post-to-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In early April, Adam Wilson posted a status update on the social networking Web site Twitter — just by thinking about it. Just 23 characters long, his message, &#34;using EEG to send tweet,&#34; demonstrates a natural, manageable way in which &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/20/researchers-use-brain-interface-to-post-to-twitter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows spread of brain cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/17/scorpion-venom-with-nanoparticles-slows-spread-of-brain-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/17/scorpion-venom-with-nanoparticles-slows-spread-of-brain-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 percent, compared to 45 percent for the scorpion venom alone.&#160; &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/17/scorpion-venom-with-nanoparticles-slows-spread-of-brain-cancer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Zebrafish Regenerative Ability May Help Humans</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/03/17/zebrafish-regenerative-ability-may-help-humans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Biologists have discovered a molecular circuit breaker that controls a zebrafish&#8217;s remarkable ability to regrow missing fins, according to a new study from Duke University Medical Center. Tiny wonders of the aquarium world, zebrafish can regenerate organs and tissues, including &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/03/17/zebrafish-regenerative-ability-may-help-humans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Next plague likeliest to emerge from poor tropical countries</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/21/next-plague-likeliest-to-emerge-from-poor-tropical-countries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scores of infectious diseases have emerged to threaten humans in the past decades as viruses leap the species barrier from wild animals and bacteria mutate into antibiotic-resistant strains, scientists reported on Wednesday. Presenting the first-ever map of &#8220;hotspots&#8221; of new &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/21/next-plague-likeliest-to-emerge-from-poor-tropical-countries/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Horizon: Britain&#8217;s Most Dangerous Drug</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/20/horizon-britains-most-dangerous-drug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<title>New Bone Created In Minimally Invasive Procedure</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/19/new-bone-created-in-minimally-invasive-procedure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new technique that combines bone marrow removal and injection of a hormone helps promote rapid formation of new bone at targeted locations in the body, it was reported by Yale School of Medicine recently in Tissue Engineering. &#8220;This could &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/19/new-bone-created-in-minimally-invasive-procedure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pet dog to be cloned by Korean biotech</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/19/pet-dog-to-be-cloned-by-korean-biotech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/19/pet-dog-to-be-cloned-by-korean-biotech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A South Korean biotech company has announced it will, for the first time ever, commercially clone a pet dog, according to reports coming out of the country. RNL Bio said last week that it received an order from Californian Bernann &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/19/pet-dog-to-be-cloned-by-korean-biotech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the Drug Taboo: Group of Traumatized Veterans Get Ecstasy Treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/18/breaking-the-drug-taboo-group-of-traumatized-veterans-get-ecstasy-treatment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An experimental study that treats PTSD veterans with the drug MDMA could make life after war a lot more livable. &#8220;We need to be positioning ourselves now to provide the assistance that our veterans need,&#8221; said House Committee on Veterans&#8217; &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/18/breaking-the-drug-taboo-group-of-traumatized-veterans-get-ecstasy-treatment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists breed world’s first mentally ill mouse</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/14/scientists-breed-world%e2%80%99s-first-mentally-ill-mouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have created the world’s first schizophrenic mice in an attempt to gain a better understanding of the illness. It is believed to be the first time an animal has been genetically engineered to have a mental illness. Until now &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/14/scientists-breed-world%e2%80%99s-first-mentally-ill-mouse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>With Mini in vivo Robots, Anyone Can do Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/10/with-mini-in-vivo-robots-anyone-can-do-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By attaching a millimeter-sized camera robot to a tether, scientists have designed a way to allow individuals with non-medical backgrounds to perform minimally invasive surgery in almost any location. Unlike room-size and expensive surgical robots, mini in vivo robots are &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/10/with-mini-in-vivo-robots-anyone-can-do-surgery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cruising the Amazon</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/08/cruising-the-amazon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is everywhere in the upper Amazon wilderness. Life that creeps, life that crawls, life that slithers, sprouts, burrows, scurries and slinks—and dies. The dank odors of alternating rot and genesis rise from the mulching forest floor. My Deet-fortified insect &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/08/cruising-the-amazon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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