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Monday, February 25, 2013  Printing out body parts? A Cornell University professor has developed a way to make replacement ears using 3-D imaging, 3-D printing and injections of living cells.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  The fight against prostate cancer has taken another step forward. There is hope in a new treatment that involves harvesting immune cells from patients. Those cells are then trained to attack the cancer.

Friday, November 09, 2012  University of Utah professor Beverly Brehl was back teaching her class only seven days after doctors placed microscopic cancer-killing spheres into her bloodstream.

Monday, September 17, 2012  Upstate Medical University broke ground on a new $15 million umbilical cord blood bank on Monday morning at the Community campus.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  CNY Central’s cameras were with Will Gilberti 10 years ago when doctors gave him six months to live, but Will is still here today because an experimental clinical trial using stem cells worked.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  Local college students chase powerful storms out west.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012  Students from Cicero-North Syracuse won an award at the Shell Eco Marathon competition last week.

Thursday, March 29, 2012  Imagine a car that can travel more than 1800 miles on just one tank of gas.

Friday, February 10, 2012  New medical developments could help people who suffer from a heart attack, and it relies on stem cells from a patient's own heart.

Friday, January 27, 2012  Scientists say they've invented a hand-held device capable of detecting infectious diseases and cancer cells in minutes. How does it work?

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  Two central New York legislators are looking into claims workers at a juvenile detention center in Oneida County are being injured by out of control inmates.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  There's a new treatment just approved by the FDA that promises a trimmer tummy and less love handles without surgery.

Saturday, November 05, 2011  The Five Points Corrections Facility in Romulus is on Lockdown.

Friday, September 09, 2011  Funeral services are being held next week for one of the two young Rochester girls who were fatally shot by their father while camping in the Adirondacks.

Monday, March 09, 2009  Because embryonic stem cells have the ability to morph into any cell in the body, many scientists feel they could hold the key to finding cures or treatments to a myriad of diseases includng diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimers.