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Timothy Ray Brown, the first known person to be cured of HIV, has died of cancer

Timothy Ray Brown, the first known person to be cured of HIV, has died of cancer

Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the “Berlin Patient”, was 54 years old. In 2008, Brown was diagnosed with a HIV infection. The previous year, Brown had undergone bone marrow transplant surgery in Berlin, Germany. The bone marrow he received came from a donor whose genes contain a rare mutation that makes the donor naturally resistant to HIV. CCR5-Delta32, Which …

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Elvihurst Orangethory linked to COVID-19 outbreak, at least 18 cases confirmed

Elvihurst Orangethory linked to COVID-19 outbreak, at least 18 cases confirmed

Elmhurst, no. A few days after the eruption, the venue reopened on Tuesday. “Try to do group exercise if you can, because air flow makes a difference,” says Dr. Poonam B. Thackeray said. “If you are in a closed environment with a lot of people, the chances of exposure and continued exposure are high.” Dr. Thacker, project director of the …

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Ancient underground lakes found on Mars

Ancient underground lakes found on Mars

The cappuccino rotates at the south pole of Mars for this beautiful ESA image of the surface of Mars. ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / Bill Dunford Build some hand floats and a large drill when you fly to Mars. On a dry and dusty planet there may be pools all over the world hidden beneath the southern ice …

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Interpreter: Why scientists avoid the corona virus death rate

(Reuters) – Global deaths from COVID-19 have reached 1 million, but experts are still struggling to find an important metric for the epidemic: mortality rate – the percentage of people infected with the deadly virus. Problems with a better understanding of the COVID-19 mortality rate can be found here. How is the mortality rate calculated? A true mortality rate compares …

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Ancient underground lakes found on Mars

Ancient underground lakes found on Mars

The cappuccino rotates at the south pole of Mars for this beautiful ESA image of the surface of Mars. ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / Bill Dunford Build some hand floats and a large drill when you fly to Mars. There may be pools all over the world that are hidden beneath the southern ice of the dry and …

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NYC Sheriffs break up indoor weddings with nearly 300 guests

NYC Sheriffs break up indoor weddings with nearly 300 guests

New York City Sheriffs broke into an indoor wedding reception with nearly 300 people in Queens on Friday evening, officials said. Shortly before midnight, delegates were cut off by an anonymous complaint about social distance violations at the Royal Elite Palace in Catering Hall, where officials found “large crowds entering the premises.” NBC New York. Upon arrival, delegates found 284 …

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SpaceX speed with the flagship prototype for the NASA Moon Lander program

SpaceX Raptor Engine Starship NASA HLS

SpaceX’s Raptor engine with a large nozzle (right) is mounted on the top of the starship. Upcoming Test Hop is unlikely to use this machine due to fluid dynamics. Image: SpaceX / Twitter The race has intensified to create and test prototypes of NASA’s human landing system to help astronauts land on the lunar surface. There were contracts for the …

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SpaceX has won U.S. military recognition to launch on reusable Balkan boosters

SpaceX has won U.S. military recognition to launch on reusable Balkan boosters

A U.S. military deal with SpaceX has been modified to allow future launches on reusable Falcon 9 boosters, thus saving the United States millions of dollars. The GPS III satellites, built by Lockheed Martin, are operated by the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The first two GPS III spacecraft were launched on the cost-effective Falcon 9 and …

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ULA delays launch of Ula satellite for 3rd time; 2 more launches are planned

ULA delays launch of Ula satellite for 3rd time;  2 more launches are planned

The ULA Delta Four Heavy Launch pushed further Waiting to hear from Fox 35 ROM SpaceX to see if this delay will affect their scheduled launches. Cape Canaveral, fl. – The United Launch Alliance (ULA) has delayed its Delta IV heavy NROL-44 flight by two days for the third time. The aerospace company is taking extra precautionary measures to ensure …

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