Stem Cells To Make Hair Today-Gone Tomorrow A Thing Of The Past

Giant strides to prevent and cure baldness are being made in medical labs around the world. The latest announcement comes from Japan’s largest research organization RIKEN, which has teamed up with two Japanese companies, Kyocera and Organ Technologies, to develop a cure based on regenerative medicine. The companies are targeting 2020 for commercialization.

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Big Data At Ancestry.com: Why Data Stewardship And Open Source Matter So Much

With more and more businesses becoming aware of the value locked inside the data they collect, many are becoming aware of a pressing problem. While traditionally a company has employed a data team to store, organize and distribute data, the sheer increase in size of data that large businesses are dealing with today means that model is quickly becoming outdated.

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Every Time Nintendo Falls, It Bounces Back With A Vengeance

Five years ago I reviewed the book Playing to Wiin: Nintendo and the Video Game Industry’s Greatest Comeback, which chronicled the iconic video game company’s return to prominence after the massive failure of the GameCube. Well, if author Daniel Sloan is interested in writing a sequel, the recent smash success of Pokémon Go has already ensured that there’s enough material to fill another book (or two). If the sequel were to be written, however, it would follow the exact story structure and beats of the original book because, in uncanny fashion, this latest Nintendo comeback story is virtually the same as the last one.

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