Technology, developed for surgery after nasal cancers, used in multiple reconstructive operations on 23-year-old whose face was disfigured. It took only seconds for the Humvee to flip over and crash on a highway near Camp Bucca in southern Iraq in August 2005. The force of impact was blunted by the body armor protecting Senior Airman Michael Fletcher. [click link for full article]

- Surgeons Rebuild Iraq War Veteran’s Entire Nose Using His Own Body Parts

In a survey of more than one thousand infertility patients with frozen embryos, 60 percent of patients report that they are likely to donate their embryos to stem cell research, a level of donation that could result in roughly 2000 to 3000 new embryonic stem cell lines. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Duke University report the startling findings in the July 6, 2007 issue of Science. [click link for full article]

- Donated Embryos Could Result In More Than 2,000 Embryonic Stem Cell Lines

The Food and Drug Administration proposed sweeping new rules for sunscreens, intended to give consumers more detailed information.

- F.D.A. Plans New Labeling for Sunscreen