Using your nose to regenerate knees eroded by osteoarthritis

A clinical trial will soon commence investigating whether nose cartilage can be used to regenerate knee joints that have been severely worn down by osteoarthritis. If successful, the procedure could be an alternative treatment for the condition.

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Stubborn liver cancer may have met its match in century-old TB vaccine

The 102-year-old tuberculosis vaccine shrunk liver cancer tumors in mice, which suggests it may be replicated in a human trial. If this was the case, the vaccine might prove successful in tackling this notoriously hard-to-treat cancer.

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Review: Toyota’s all-electric bZ4X suffers from an identity crisis

As Toyota’s first serious foray into electric vehicles, most of us expected the bZ4X to be ... well, something else. Instead, what we got was a confusingly-named station wagon crossover with a puzzling array of capabilities under a tall price tag.

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Self-supporting hammock stand pops up in under 60 seconds

Even if you've got less than a minute to spare, that's still enough time to set up this hammock stand. That's the claim made by Wyoming-based outdoor gear company Yobogear regarding its new Turtlebug stand, which is currently on Kickstarter.

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Xiaomi launches Leica camera masquerading as a smartphone

Xiaomi's latest flagship handset has launched in China ahead of an expected Mobile World Congress appearance in Barcelona next week. The 14 Ultra's headline feature is a Leica main camera with a new Sony 1-inch sensor.

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Best Practices for Clean in Place

In 2011, the increased public awareness of food pathogens contributed in large measure to the passage of the Food Safety & Modernization Act (FSMA), which put into place a far more rigorous set of regulations surrounding food safety than had ever existed. In recent years, equipment cleaning processes employed by the food and beverage industry have come under even more increased scrutiny. This is the result of the widespread publicity around pathogen outbreaks in commercially processed food, including E. coli found in Californian romaine lettuce in 2018, and the presence of Listeria in Blue Bell ice cream in 2015. A drive toward more efficient food production coupled with the increased awareness of food pathogens has led the food processing industry to shift its focus to the equipment cleaning processes—specifically cleaning equipment surfaces that come into direct contact with food.

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