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Human Antibodies Produced in Cows Counter Contagious Diseases

2016年11月8日

  Pre-reading questions: Do you have a weak body? What do you usually do when you are sick?   A company has found a way to extract human antibodies from cows. This can help fight infectious diseases. They are testing if this can be a cure for MERS. MERS is a respiratory disease found in Saudi Arabia back in 2012. It killed almost 30 percent of the infected patients. Scientists tested antibodies from other animals but the human body rejects it. As of now, they are the only company that grows antibodies from hefty mammals. This new discovery can be combined with vaccines. It may become available in 3 to…
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Human Antibodies Produced in Cows Counter Contagious Diseases

2016年11月8日

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  Pre-reading questions: Do you know any cow products? How often you get sick in a year?   A company has produced human antibodies from cows. A cow can produce 30 to 60 liters of antibodies a month. Humans can produce only 4 liters a month. This can help fight infectious diseases. They are testing if this can be a treatment for MERS. Scientists tried to use antibodies from other animals but the human body cannot recognize it. They are the only company that can produce antiboides from mammals. It may become available in 3 to 5 years.   Vocabulary: antibodies – 抗体 [noun] proteins which function to identify and…
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Kellogg’s Cereal Continue To Lose Sales

2016年11月8日

  Kellogg’s sales percentage goes through a rough patch for the seventh time. 2016 third-quarter reports show a comparable difference of 2.3% on net sales. The American multinational food manufacturing company account the extended shortfall on sales to the declining demand for cereals in the US and the UK. On the contrary, John Bryant, Kelloggs Chairman and CEO, says that their third-quarter earnings exceeded their expectations. Dr. Dimitrios Tsivrikos, a business psychologist at University College London, assumes that the deteriorating figures could be due to people’s differing breakfast habits. He elaborates that a lot of individuals allot only five to six minutes on their first meal, and are looking for…
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Lab grown stem cells are developed

2016年11月8日

  Mouse eggs are fertiled to produce offspring in the lab. This experiment is done by Japanese scientists. They have said that the experiment might be too risky and contentious if this will be done in human reproduction. Good thing about this experiment is that it may be useful to treat infertility but the process is going to be complicated. Embryos will turn to be normal but it’ll be fewer than expected. Lab-grown eggs will possibly have abnormalities. Stem cells that fertilized in the lab as well were grown into mature eggs. The data gathered interest not just the scientists but also the clinical interests to patients who lacks eggs…
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Lab grown stem cells are developed

2016年11月8日

  Pre-reading questions: According to the article, what’s the possible result of the experiment? Do you think this will help the couples who wants to have a child in the future?   Japanese scientists have developed and fertilized mouse eggs in their laboratory. This is the first report that fully matured eggs were developed in a laboratory setting. Processing stem cells into mature eggs is still too dangerous to be tested in humans. The technique may be helpful to treat infertility but the process is difficult and it will take a long time to develop according to Richard Anderson of the University of Edinburgh’s MRC Centre for Reproductive Health. Scientist…
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Lab grown stem cells are developed

2016年11月8日

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  Pre-reading questions: What do Japanese scientists developed? What happened to the embryos that didn’t grew normally?   Japanese scientists have developed and fertilized mouse eggs in their laboratory. This is the first report of developing fully matured eggs in a laboratory setting. They said that this may help treat infertility but it will take a long time and will be difficult. This is a great success but will cause problems in the human reproduction. The results show that only a few embryos grew into normal mice and others have abnormalities. It is still not safe to be used on humans. A further study is needed to the mouse embryos…
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More low-cost options for smartphones

2016年11月8日

  Options for mobile carriers are stretching wider range unlike never before; as both small telcos and major phone carriers have started offering cheaper mobile plans on different data transmissions. While low-cost carriers capitalize on introducing flat-rates on both limited and unlimited call lengths, Telco giants, on the other hand, are trying to accommodate consumers with affordable mobile services under different brand names. The 5gb data volume on smartphones from low-cost service providers that starts at ¥2,000 a month (excluding the consumption tax) is a winning deal as compared to the same data package from bigtime carriers that starts their pricing at ¥7,000. In fact, a research by MM Research…
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Halloween celebrations in Tokyo

2016年11月8日

  More than 250,000 partygoers paraded in their fancy getups for this year’s Halloween in the heart of Tokyo. This may not be a convention in Japan, but most Japanese people like to hold it big annually. The nation completely embraced this occasion with merriment all over the place. It also seems to be more about dolling up and less about experiencing spooks and thrills. Dressing up, eating themed food, and attending parties are on the long list of things people get to enjoy on this supposedly spooky occasion. In fact, Halloween is even bigger and more festive than Christmas in Tokyo. A greater part of the city is enriched…
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