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                        The research will focus on recruiting and turning stem cells into bone cells for the spines of humans, cats and dogs.
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                        A routine flu screening in late summer found the H5N1 virus in a Missouri patient. Unlike the other reported cases, this person did not report being in recent contact with animals.
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                        The new mother, 36, had been born without a uterus, so another woman, 61, donated her womb several years after she had gone through menopause.
 
 
 
