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Human egg cells grow to maturity in lab Chicago (UPI) Jul 13, 2009
U.S. medical scientists say they have grown immature human egg cells to near maturity in a laboratory. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researchers said their achievement marks the first time anyone has successfully grown a woman's immature egg cells, contained in a tiny sac called a follicle, to a healthy and nearly mature egg in the laboratory. When an egg is ... read moreFirst British swine flu death without other issues: official
London (AFP) July 10, 2009A patient at a hospital in southeast England has become the first person in Britain without underlying health problems to die from swine flu, officials said Friday. The patient died at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital in Essex, health authorities said, adding the individual's family had requested that no further details be released. "The patient had no underlying health ... more
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Scientists Find A Biological Fountain Of Youth
San Antonio TX (SPX) Jul 06, 2009Scientists from Texas are batty over a new discovery which could lead to the single most important medical breakthrough in human history - significantly longer lifespans. The discovery, featured on the cover of the July 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal, shows that proper protein folding over time in long-lived bats explains why they live significantly longer than other mammals of ... more Asia's one-woman anti-tobacco campaign still going strong
Hong Kong (AFP) June 29, 2009For most of the past 25 years, Hong Kong-based, British-born doctor Judith Mackay has been the tobacco control movement in Asia. She has pushed for tougher laws and higher tobacco taxes, lobbied for bans on advertising, and advised and cajoled governments in Hong Kong, Laos, China, Vietnam and most other Asian countries. She drafted Mongolia's first post-Soviet anti-smoking law in her ... more Second Briton with swine flu dies: govt
London (AFP) June 28, 2009A second Briton has died after contracting swine flu, the Scottish government said Sunday. The 73-year-old man died in hospital in Paisley, central Scotland, late Saturday and had "serious underlying health problems", having been in intensive care for two weeks. Scotland's Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: "Although it is concerning that the patient had swine flu, we are aware that ... more Two dead, 60 hospitalised after China factory brawl: media
Shanghai (AFP) June 28, 2009A brawl at a toy factory in China ended with two dead and 60 in hospital after a dispute flared between Han Chinese and Uighur workers from the Muslim Xinjiang region, media reported on Sunday. More than 400 police were called to break up the fight involving hundreds of people at the factory in Shaoguan, in the southern province of Guangdong, early Friday, the official Xinhua news agency ... more |
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Intensive Program In Biorenewables Shows Students The Action
Ames IA (SPX) Jun 19, 2009The students' talk after lunch was about lipids, double bonds and fuel standards. It was day seven of the first Intensive Program in Biorenewables at Iowa State University. Forty six students from across the country and the world, most of them graduate students or post-doctoral researchers, were filing in to hear Steven Fales, an Iowa State professor of agronomy, speak about "Next Generation ... more Meteorite Grains Divulge Earth's Cosmic Roots
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 19, 2009The interstellar stuff that became incorporated into the planets and life on Earth has younger cosmic roots than theories predict, according to the University of Chicago postdoctoral scholar Philipp Heck and his international team of colleagues. Heck and his colleagues examined 22 interstellar grains from the Murchison meteorite for their analysis. Dying sun-like stars flung the Murchison ... more Australia raises swine flu alert level: health minister
Sydney (AFP) June 17, 2009Australia raised its swine flu alert level Wednesday as the number of cases nationwide climbed above 2,000, Health Minister Nicola Roxon said. Roxon said the alert level would move to the newly-created "protect" level, meaning only the most vulnerable would receive anti-viral treatments such as Tamiflu and those with mild symptoms must rely on over-the-counter medicines. ... more Meteorite Grains Divulge Earth's Cosmic Roots
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 17, 2009The interstellar stuff that became incorporated into the planets and life on Earth has younger cosmic roots than theories predict, according to the University of Chicago postdoctoral scholar Philipp Heck and his international team of colleagues. Heck and his colleagues examined 22 interstellar grains from the Murchison meteorite for their analysis. Dying sun-like stars flung the Murchison ... more |
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UCLA Team Builds Programmable RNA Organelles Inside Living Cells
WHO, ICRC, MSF denounce rise in attacks on health services
Fruit flies survive, reproduce and recover under gravitational forces up to 13G in UC Riverside centrifuge study |
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