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...That rating angered Bello, in part because she had just seen the horror comedy Scary Movie, in which a psycho killer stabs a woman in her breast and removes her silicone implant with his long knife. Yet Scary Movie was rated R, meaning it could be attended by any kid with an adult in tow (assuming the local theater management enforced the rating, which is not always the case). The disparity between the gentle realism of The Cooler and the grotesque brutality of Scary Movie, and the knowledge that the grosser film had received the softer ruling, spurred Bello...
...dental care: 67% of dental practices in the U.S. are still run as traditional solo practices, according to Roger Levin, an industry management consultant in Owings Mills, Md. But Vital Dent will have to overcome more than just convention to find its way in the U.S. The new implant procedures Colman touts are not exclusive to the company. Vital Dent's prices, although below those of high-end dentists, are not much lower than the typical rates in most major cities (and like many traditional dentists, Vital Dent doesn't participate directly in insurance plans). According to a 2005 year...
There, Hay’s listing joins such recent auctions as an “alien implant from my arm,” a french fry in the shape of a dog, and a bottle claimed to contain Elvis’ fart...
...Advanced Cell Technology—a biotechnology company based in Worcester, Mass.—takes one cell from a developing embryo when it is at the eight cell stage and uses this cell to create a new stem cell line. The remaining seven cells retain the ability to implant into the uterus and develop into a normal fetus.The second method, known as alternative nuclear transfer and published by MIT researchers, creates embryonic cell lines from cells that were engineered to have a temporary defect in them, rendering them unable to implant into a uterus.Such cells are not implantable...
When my editor asked me to write an article for the What's Next issue, I panicked. I foresaw long hours in laboratories trying to interpret the jargon of scientists finding new ways to map the brain, implant RFID chips in my skin or create a tofu that fails in its attempt to taste like yet another kind of meat. What, I pondered, would be the easiest subject I could tackle? What never changes? The answer suddenly seemed obvious: What's Next ... with the Amish. How hard could that be? I could report and write the piece while watching television...