WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — A global AIDS vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies against the HIV virus, with experts weighing the value of basic laboratory research against large-scale human clinical trials after a string of disappointments. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Oct. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — After years of controversy and concern over the safety and overuse of drug-coated heart stents, physicians and investors attending a cardiology meeting next week will get a clearer look at how these devices are used. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Scientists using DNA testing have confirmed the second-known instance of "virgin birth" in a shark -- a female Atlantic blacktip shark named Tidbit that produced a baby without a male shark. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) — Japanese researchers who invented a way to make powerful stem cells out of ordinary cells say they have now found a safer way to do it. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) — Extract from the leaves of the ginkgo tree offers promise to minimize brain damage caused by a stroke, scientists said on Thursday. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9, 2008 (Reuters) — San Diego's Scripps Translational Science Institute said on Thursday it will conduct the first study to assess whether people undergoing genetic testing ultimately change their behavior. ... > full story
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Two Americans and a Japanese researcher won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for the discovery of a glowing jellyfish protein that makes cells, tissues and even organs light up -- a tool used by thousands of researchers around the world. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Scientists have mapped the genomes of the parasite that causes most cases of malaria outside Africa and a monkey parasite that is emerging as an important cause of malaria in people in Southeast Asia. ... > full story
BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — A "deadly dozen" diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation Society said on Tuesday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — A prenatal blood test can be used to determine if an unborn baby has Down's syndrome without the small risk to the fetus posed by invasive testing methods such as amniocentesis, U.S. researchers said on Monday. ... > full story
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Stockport man cleared of killing Oct. 9, 2008 (Manchester Evening News, UK) — A MAN cleared of killing his girlfriend has spoken of his 'sadness and relief' after walking free. . . Barry Gray was arrested and charged with ...
Dolly's Creator Moves Away from Embryonic Stem Cells July 21, 2008 (Scientific American) — Sitting by the window of a posh coastal hotel in Half Moon Bay, Calif., wearing a baby-blue sweater and khakis, Ian Wilmut doesn't project the ...
CT rules out malignancy in most pancreatic cysts June 10, 2008 (AuntMinnie.com) — CT rules out malignancy in most pancreatic cystsToday's volumetric MDCT images are yielding a troubling trove of small cystic lesions of the ...
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