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Stem cell line reveals secrets of sperm

By Andy Kinley | August 26, 2002

Researchers from the University and two other institutions have immortalized a stem cell line from the testis and used it to reproduce in culture several of the stages of sperm cell development, according to a study published last month on the Science Express Web site, part of the journal Science. The new stem cell line is not capable of transforming into different cell types.

When music sounds like chocolate

By Andy Kinley | April 18, 2002

For one person, the taste of mint is described as the shape of "cool glass columns." For another, hearing music conjures up images of gold balls, flashing lines and oscillating waves. These individuals exhibit synesthesia, a strange and uncommon condition that scientists have yet to unravel. The word synesthesia is derived from Greek words meaning "joined sensation." The condition broadly is defined as the inability to differentiate between assorted sensory stimuli. "There are people who feel shapes when they taste.

Andy Kinley

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When music sounds like chocolate

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