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Zhang Daqian 张大千

张大千(1899—1983年),四川内江人,祖籍广东省番禺,是一位深受爱戴的伟大艺术家,特别在艺术界更是深得敬仰。张大千是二十世纪中国画坛最具传奇色彩的国画大师,无论是绘画、书法、篆刻、诗词都无所不通。早期专心研习古人书画,特别在山水画方面卓有成就。 Zhang Daqian (1899 -1983, also spelt as Chang Dai-chien) was born in Neijiang, Sichuan Province and his ancestral origin

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Organ Grown in Lab Tracked

Scientists in Scotland say they have grown a whole, fully functional organ inside a living animal for the first time.

The team from the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Regenerative Medicine produced a working thymus – an organ found in front of the heart that produces T cells, crucial to the immune system.

Professor Clare Blackburn who led the research said her team used a technique called ‘reprogramming’ to turn fibroblast cells taken from a mouse embryo into a type of cell found in the thymus.

These ‘reprogrammed’ cells were mixed with other key thymus cell types.

When transplanted into a mouse, the cells – shown here on the right – formed a replacement thymus with the same structure and function as a healthy thymus.

Professor Blackburn hopes the breakthrough will pave the way for similar techniques to eventually be used in humans.

It’s the shrinking of the thymus that contributes to the immune system becoming less effective as we age.

And people born with thymus disorders are often limited by a lack of donors for transplants and problems matching tissue to the recipient.

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School Bus Driver

他是一名司机,他在一所学校里开车,他开的是校车,每周五天都要开车接送学生。他早上把车开到学生的家门口,他下午把学生送回他们的家里,他的学生们都是同一个地方的小孩,孩子们都很喜欢这个司机。 English Meanings: He is a driver,he driver a school bus for a school.he drive five days per week,he drive

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