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Genetic link found to colon cancer in study
30 Sep 21:13
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A gene related to a hormone secreted by the body's fat cells may lower the risk of colon cancer, a discovery that could reassure people with a family history of the disease, researchers said on Tuesday.
New Applied Biosystems test diagnoses flu fast
30 Sep 20:44
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fast new genetic flu test from Applied Biosystems Inc and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday.
New institute to focus on AIDS vaccine
30 Sep 19:45
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new AIDS vaccine research center dedicated to solving one of the stickiest problems holding back development of such a vaccine will open in California, researchers announced on Tuesday.
Study links birth size and breast cancer
30 Sep 18:38
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LONDON (Reuters) - Women who were bigger and longer babies may be more likely to develop breast cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday.
NASA extends Phoenix mission as snow falls on Mars
30 Sep 15:45
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA extended the mission of the busy Phoenix lander Monday, saying it will operate the lander until it dies in the cold and dark of the Martian winter.
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Updated: 09 Jan 06:23
Study: Early Repeat C-Sections Puts Babies At Risk
08 Jan 21:31
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A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that elective, repeat C-sections performed earlier than the recommended 39 weeks increases the risk of complications for newborns. Dr. Catherine Spong, co-author of the study, says babies born under these conditions see double the risk of "adverse outcomes" such as nenonatal death.
In Lab, Clues To How Life Began
08 Jan 21:00
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Scientists long to understand how a bunch of chemicals on the early Earth transformed themselves into the first living creatures. Now one lab has made a self-replicating set of RNA molecules that the scientists say may mimic what might have happened during the early evolution of life.
Why Do Cockroaches Land On Their Backs?
08 Jan 18:00
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So why do those nasty little pests flip over when they die? We now have the answer to Slate.com's question of the year.
Learning To See In Stereo
08 Jan 15:12
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Children born with a crossed eye can develop a condition called amblyopia that leaves them unable to see in stereo as adults. Conventional wisdom holds that vision stops improving around age 7, but now researchers believe adults with this condition can train their brains to gain stereo vision.
'National Geographic' Mines 'The Real Price Of Gold'
08 Jan 15:00
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The price of gold has risen 235 percent in the past eight years, but as journalist Brook Larmer and photographer Randy Olson report in this month's National Geographic, the environmental and human costs related to the mineral have never been higher.
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