NORTH ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. researchers say they have discovered what appears to be the oldest imprint of a prehistoric insect, made while the dragonfly-like creature was still alive. ... > full story
GENEVA, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — The body's initial response to contracting HIV could provide the answers scientists need to develop a vaccine for the AIDS-causing virus, a Nobel-winning expert said on Monday. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Mice fed junk food for nine months showed signs of developing the abnormal brain tangles strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease, a Swedish researcher said on Friday. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Four genetic variations appear to determine the speed at which people burn up food, researchers said on Thursday, a finding that could one day see doctors offer their patients more individual care. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Distinctive genetic changes occur in the cancer cells that trigger relapse in patients with the most common type of childhood cancer, according to a study that may offer new hope for beating the disease. ... > full story
HONG KONG, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — Doctors may soon be able to diagnose inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis, thalassaemia and sickle cell anemia in fetuses by simply testing a blood sample taken from the mother. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Researchers have sequenced the gene map of a long-extinct, mummified woolly mammoth, using DNA taken from its hair. ... > full story
ICLA, Bolivia, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — Bolivian farmer Primo Rivera had long wondered about the dents in a rocky hill near his home. Paleontologists solved the mystery this month: they are fossilized dinosaur footprints -- the oldest in Bolivia. ... > full story
CANBERRA, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — Australia's kangaroos are genetically similar to humans and may have first evolved in China, Australian researchers said Tuesday. ... > full story
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No room in SC rest homes Nov. 28, 2008 (Timaru Herald, New Zealand) — A SHORTAGE of rest-home beds for South Canterbury elderly with dementia means some patients are being shipped as far away as Blenheim or ...
Vitamin B3 curbs memory loss in mice, study shows Nov. 28, 2008 (Daily Pilot, California) — High doses of an over-the-counter vitamin has prevented some memory loss in mice with Alzheimer's disease, according to a UCI study that appears in ...
Campaign gave elderly couple safe place to live Nov. 28, 2008 (Austin American-Statesman) — I met Lucina Benitez in fall 2000, right before she was featured in that year's Season for Caring campaign. . . Benitez was living in a rural area ...
Blood tests reveal disease in fetus Nov. 25, 2008 (Times of India) — Doctors may soon be able to diagnose inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis, thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia in fetuses by simply testing ...
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