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Pre-reading questions: Do you know the word “allergy”? Do you have any food allergies? Viaskin peanut patch can help children who are allergic to peanuts. These patches have small doses of peanut protein. It works by letting the body accept small amounts of peanuts. Good results were found in patients aged four to eleven year-old. Those who were 12 years old and up did not experience much effect. More study is needed for the skin patches. The patch was not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Vocabulary: patch – ばんそうこう [noun] a piece of material used to cover a hole dose – 服用量 [noun] an amount of medicine…
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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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  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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  Pre-reading questions: Government warning says that cigarette smoking is dangerous to anyone’s health. Do you agree that smoking is dangerous? You don’t smoke but you are exposed to sickness because of cigarette smoke. Is this okay with you?   A US research says non-smokers who live in the same house with smokers have a high chance of stroke. Almost 50 percent of the nonsmokers who had stroke are exposed to second-hand smoke at home. Stroke survivors exposed to second-hand smoke can die from any cause. A blood test was done to know the amount of smoke people were exposed to. Research factors include race, sex, education, and income level….
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