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...think of bones as inert objects whose only job is to keep our bodies from collapsing into a puddle of flesh. But bones are actually quite active tissues, constantly building and rebuilding themselves from the inside out. Anytime you break a bone, the body produces repair proteins that direct cellular activities as the bone knits itself together. When investigators take these so-called osteogenic proteins and sprinkle them on laboratory samples of damaged cartilage, the cartilage begins to repair itself...
...largest in that industry in India. She also aggressively pursued opportunities in technology, nabbing the accounts of Wipro and Infosys, among others, and brokered a joint venture between AT&T and two conglomerates, owned by the Birla and Tata families, to create a telecom company offering cellular service throughout India...
...said the risk people face when drivers use cellular phones is fairly small...
...Making matters worse, China's two huge fixed-line operators?China Telecom and China Netcom?have jumped into the fray by offering a cheap alternative to cellular service via a wireless technology first introduced in Japan in the 1990s. Called the Personal Handyphone System in Japan but renamed Xiao Lingtong (Little Smart) in China, the service doesn't allow callers to roam outside their area code and reception is often poor. But per-minute charges are about 1 and only the caller pays, compared with the 5-a-minute charge assessed both caller and receiver by the established mobile carriers...
...long run, China remains a key global market. "We may not reach the (penetration rate) of Hong Kong," says Peter Lovelock, director of Beijing-based consultancy MFC Insight, "but there is no reason we can't get to 40%." Already, one-fourth of the world's cellular phones are sold here, and there are still plenty of customers like Shanghai high school student Song Yuyun. "Out with the old, in with the new," she said recently as she examined a sleek new phone to replace her older model. "I should be coming into some money over Chinese New Year...