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  • Blood test may unlock secrets of the womb

    2011-06-14 08:34

    Imagine being pregnant and taking a simple blood test that lays bare the DNA of your fetus. And suppose that DNA could reveal not only medical conditions such as Down syndrome, also things like eye color and height.

  • UK, Gates pledge $2.3 b for vaccines for poor

    2011-06-13 20:47

    Britain and billionaire Bill Gates pledged $2.3 billion at an international donor conference on Monday to fund vaccination programmes to protect children in poor countries against diseases like diarrhoea and pneumonia.

  • US woman gets full face transplant

    2011-06-13 17:36

    A combination photo shows face transplant recipient Charla Nash, of Stamford, Connecticut, before (L) and after her injury, in these undated photographs released on June 10, 2011.

  • Germany still seeking reason for E. coli outbreak

    2011-06-13 16:47

    German authorities said Sunday that they haven't yet been able to resolve how sprouts at a farm became contaminated with an aggressive strain of E. coli that has been blamed for 35 deaths.

  • Fighting pair of dinosaur skeletons show Dallas auction 

    2011-06-13 15:11

    Natural history buffs with Tyrannosaurus-sized bank accounts got a chance to ante up on Sunday when an unusually large collection of fully assembled, museum-quality dinosaur skeletons was put up for auction.

  • Could prenatal DNA testing open Pandora's box?

    2011-06-13 14:56

    Imagine being pregnant and taking a simple blood test that lays bare the DNA of your fetus.

  • Climate change brings risk of more infectious diseases

    2011-06-13 10:45

    The number of New Zealanders being hospitalized with infectious diseases has surged in the last two decades, say researchers in a warning that the government must do more to understand the links between global warming and public health.

  • Bill Gates in China push against secondhand smoke

    2011-06-11 15:52

    Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is visiting China to raise awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke.

  • US adds formaldehyde to list of carcinogens

    2011-06-11 15:28

    The US government on Friday added formaldehyde, a substance found in plastics and other commonly used products, to a list of known carcinogens and warned that the chemical styrene might cause cancer.

  • Sprouts are cause of E. coli outbreak

    2011-06-10 19:41

    Investigators have determined that German-grown vegetable sprouts are the cause of the E. coli outbreak that has killed 29 people and sickened nearly 3,000.

  • Micromet drug helps 75% of leukemia patients

    2011-06-10 17:40

    An experimental drug from Micromet reduced levels of cancer cells to undetectable levels in nine out of 12 patients with a severe form of leukaemia, interim data from a clinical study showed on Friday.

  • Germany: sprouts most likely source of e.coli

    2011-06-10 17:20

    New data has confirmed that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany, German health authorities said on Friday.

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