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Woman gets first trachea transplant without drugs

LONDON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — A Colombian woman has received the world's first tailor-made trachea transplant, grown by seeding a donor organ with her own stem cells to prevent her body rejecting it, an international research team reported on Wednesday. ...  > full story

Discovery offers way of tracking cancer in blood

CHICAGO, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Tiny sacs released from tumor cells and circulating in the blood carry genetic information about the tumor, offering a new way to track and treat the cancer, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. ...  > full story

Bacteria, fungus problems? Try copper socks

SANTIAGO, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Copper socks? Copper towels? How about copper subway poles? These are only a few of the uses Chile, the world's biggest copper producer, is applying to the red metal now used more in the construction and auto sectors. ...  > full story

Modern cancer drugs more likely to get to market

LONDON, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Nearly one in five cancer drugs entering development now reach the market, a remarkably good success rate given the high level of failures in other disease areas, British researchers said on Friday . ...  > full story

Study yields clues to why some tumors spread

CHICAGO, Nov. 13, 2008 (Reuters) — A small fragment of genetic material may mean the difference between an easily treated local tumor and an aggressive cancer that spreads throughout the body, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. ...  > full story

Risks seen in opposite-sex heart transplants

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Men and women who get heart transplants are more likely to die when the donor was of the opposite sex, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. ...  > full story

Music to your ears? Music for your heart, too

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Songs that make our hearts soar can make them stronger too, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. ...  > full story

New test to identify heart failure in ER superior

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — A new blood test to identify heart failure patients in most dire need of treatment when they turn up at an emergency room complaining of shortness of breath proved better than current tests, according to results of a study unveiled on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Chinese menus, medicine threatening wildlife

BEIJING, Nov. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — Wild animals are climbing back onto Chinese plates after the deadly SARS virus made some diners wary, and booming demand for traditional medicine is also threatening some plants, environmentalists said on Wednesday. ...  > full story

Education blunts effects of Alzheimer's: study

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Brain scans of people with an abnormality that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease are strengthening the notion that greater education levels somehow protect against this common form of dementia. ...  > full story
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