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Q: Can a human cell line be patented?
A: In 1995 an indigenous man of the Hagahai people from Papua New Guinea had cells thata became Patent No. 5,397,696. The National Institutes of Heal obtained the patent on the cells, and the foreign citizen essentially ceased to own his genetic material. -
I did it for the userpics.
I'm sorry if the ads on my lj clog up your computer. or annoy you.
in exchange for advertising, i get more userpics, without having to pay for anything. -
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diet coke + 5-6 mentos, dropped in at the same time= 6 foot sticky brown geyser -
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So this year, my mother held a Seder dinner on the second day of passover with Marc (stepdad), the brother (ian), My aunt and uncle Elizabeth and Andrew, and myself. It was a totally new experience for everyone (except for my mother) and went something like this ( Read more... ) -
a very basic analyzation of the library
I love the libary. It makes me feel powerful, massive volumes of any information you would like piled into one, musty smelling building full of odd characters, 20 cent copy machines and overtly cacophonous keyboards on very old computers. It is an environment that breeds productivity, interest, and qualities one associates with the term 'nerd'.
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not the most accurate, but
fun to take, and i'm a sucker for blogthings.
it satisfies some primal part of my brain that has trust in the witchdoctor.
i'll keep filling it for a couple more minutes.
only a couple more minutes.
i promise.
Global Personality Test Results Stability (63%) moderately high which suggests you ( Read more... ) -
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From Chapter 17 of Pinnochio by
Carl Collodi
Illustrated by
Sara Fanelli
Translated by
Emma Rose
As soon as the three doctors left the room, the fairy went over to Pinocchio, felt his forehead, and realized that he had a high fever.
She poured some white powder into half a glass of water, stirred it, and handed it to him.
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the Sims
I have a guilty pleasure ( Read more... )
