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Researchers turn living cells into insulin-makers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have transformed ordinary cells into insulin-producing cells in a living mouse, improving symptoms of diabetes in a major step towards regenerative medicine.
Reuters – Aug 27, 2008 5:36 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have transformed ordinary cells into insulin-producing cells in a living mouse, improving symptoms of diabetes in a major step towards regenerative medicine.
Reuters – Aug 27, 2008 5:36 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Thinness in midlife boosts later brittle bone risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who are slimmer in middle age are at greater risk of having osteoporosis later in life, a new study confirms.
Reuters – Aug 27, 2008 5:35 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who are slimmer in middle age are at greater risk of having osteoporosis later in life, a new study confirms.
Reuters – Aug 27, 2008 5:35 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Fertility treatments induce gene mutations: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or another assisted fertility technique called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to conceive appears to increase the odds of Y-chromosome defects or "microdeletions" in male offspring, Chinese researchers report.
Reuters – Aug 27, 2008 5:34 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or another assisted fertility technique called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to conceive appears to increase the odds of Y-chromosome defects or "microdeletions" in male offspring, Chinese researchers report.
Reuters – Aug 27, 2008 5:34 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Food safety agency allowing producers to police themselves: ex-inspector
Federal inspectors are spending less time on the factory floor and relying more on food producers to monitor themselves, the head of the union for federal food safety inspectors said Wednesday.
CBC.ca – Aug 27, 2008 5:34 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Federal inspectors are spending less time on the factory floor and relying more on food producers to monitor themselves, the head of the union for federal food safety inspectors said Wednesday.
CBC.ca – Aug 27, 2008 5:34 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Children Learn to Share by Age 7 or 8
Children develop altruism and the desire for things to be fair by the time they are 7 or 8, according to a Swiss study.
WebMD – Aug 27, 2008 5:22 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Children develop altruism and the desire for things to be fair by the time they are 7 or 8, according to a Swiss study.
WebMD – Aug 27, 2008 5:22 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Diabetes Drug Byetta: 6 Deaths Reported
Six patients taking the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta (exenatide) are now reported to have died after developing pancreatitis.
WebMD – Aug 27, 2008 5:22 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Six patients taking the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta (exenatide) are now reported to have died after developing pancreatitis.
WebMD – Aug 27, 2008 5:22 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
E. coli outbreak hospitalizes 40 in Okla.
TULSA, Okla., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- An outbreak of E. coli is likely to blame for the hospitalization of 40 people in Tulsa, Okla., officials say.
United Press International – Aug 27, 2008 5:16 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
TULSA, Okla., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- An outbreak of E. coli is likely to blame for the hospitalization of 40 people in Tulsa, Okla., officials say.
United Press International – Aug 27, 2008 5:16 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Lawyer: Texas Woman Too Obese to Kill
Attorney: half-ton woman charged with nephew's murder incapable of beating him.
ABC News – Aug 27, 2008 5:14 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Attorney: half-ton woman charged with nephew's murder incapable of beating him.
ABC News – Aug 27, 2008 5:14 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Doctor dives in to repair Torres' shoulder
A nagging injury almost kept 41-year-old Dara Torres from competing in her fifth Olympics in Beijing, China. Instead she swam through the pain to capture three silver medals.
CNN.com – Aug 27, 2008 5:12 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
A nagging injury almost kept 41-year-old Dara Torres from competing in her fifth Olympics in Beijing, China. Instead she swam through the pain to capture three silver medals.
CNN.com – Aug 27, 2008 5:12 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Losing the Symphony of Life
Jessica Stone was told months ahead of time that she would be deaf.
ABC News – Aug 27, 2008 5:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Jessica Stone was told months ahead of time that she would be deaf.
ABC News – Aug 27, 2008 5:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
