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Blood vessels made from patients' cells

Scientists have grown blood vessels for kidney patients from their own cells, making it easier and safer for them to use dialysis machines, a new study says.

Loose storm barges in New Orleans from 1 company

A single scrap metal company was responsible for about 70 barges and ships that floated loose in a major New Orleans canal during Hurricane Gustav, with at least a few threatening floodwalls and a bridge, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

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Killer Whales Strain to "Talk" Over Ship Noise?
Source: National Geographic

Researchers believe the noise of ships may be negatively impacting killer whales.

Wine may calm inflammation in blood vessels | Health | Reuters
Source: Reuters

Adding to evidence that a little wine can do a heart good, a new study suggests that women who drink moderate amounts may have less inflammation in their blood vessels.

Chocolate inventors were trying for beer
Source: The Times

Humanity's love affair with chocolate began at least 500 years earlier than was thought previously, scientists have discovered.

Lockheed Martin faces setbacks
Source: CNET News.com

Lockheed have had a wonderful run with the Bush administration, but a more hostile Congress is now making things a little less pleasant for the company.

Will German 'ship funds' create a glut of vessels?
Source: International Herald Tribune

In container shipping there is a standing joke that German dentists carry most of the world's trade.

Maersk to order 25 vessels from China shipbuilders over next 12 mths
Source: Forbes

Maersk clearly believes - and rightly so - that China does not currently possess the technology to build the ultra large container ships which for now are being sourced from the company's own Lindo yard in Denmark.

15,000 wrecks lie buried on Irish seabed
Source: The Times

LUSITANIA, the Cunard Line steamer sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Cork in 1915 drowning all 1,200 on board, is one of the most famous shipwrecks in Irish waters.

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