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   Ethical stem cell creation hope
Date: March  01, 2009  

The ability to create stem cell treatments without using embryos is a step closer, say researchers.A UK and Canadian team have manipulated human skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells without using viruses - making them safer for use in humans.The cells are reprogrammed by the insertion of four genes which are then removed once the process is
  DNA reveals Roots author Alex Haley had Scottish blood
Date: March  01, 2009  

DNA testing has revealed Roots author Alex Haley was descended from a Scotsman.Researchers found his nephew is distantly related to a woman from South Wales who has traced her lineage back to 17th Century Scotland.Haley s best-selling novel told how his mother was descended from an African man kidnapped into slavery.The DNA evidence supports anecdo
  Explorers begin epic Arctic trek
Date: February  28, 2009  

A British team has begun a gruelling trek to the North Pole to discover how quickly the Arctic sea-ice is melting.Renowned Arctic explorer Pen Hadow and two companions were dropped onto the ice by plane some 668 miles (1,075km) north of Canada on Saturday night.During their 1,000km journey, they plan to take measurements of the thickness of the ice
  Angry young men
Date: February  27, 2009  

By Heather SharpBBC News, GazaTen young men sit talking and smoking by the light of a paraffin lamp in a basement room.The flags of militant groups - Hamas, Islamic Jihad - flutter outside among the densely packed cinder-block houses of Gaza s Jabaliya refugee camp.The area is a key haunt of the factions behind the rocket attacks that Israel s rece
  Motor neurone disease gene clue
Date: February  27, 2009  

A gene linked to a type of motor neurone disease that runs in families has been found after a 10-year search.Along with a related gene reported last year, it opens up an unexplored area of research into the condition, investigators said.The finding will also help doctors screen and counsel families at risk of the disease, the US and UK team wrote i
  Brown sets targets for science
Date: February  27, 2009  

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set targets to increase the number of pupils in secondary school in England taking science subjects.In the next five years, Mr Brown wants to double the number of pupils taking "triple science", which includes biology, chemistry and physics.He also wants to have access to science as single subjects in 90% of schools.
  TB resisted by old drug combination
Date: February  26, 2009  

Two drugs already used for fighting other infections may help in the battle against drug-resistant tuberculosis, researchers say.The combination of clavulanate and meropenem was effective against 13 strains of the most drug resistant TB in the laboratory.Clinical trials are now being planned by the US researchers, who reported their results in the
  Alzheimer s plaques big impact
Date: February  26, 2009  

The sticky amyloid plaques linked to Alzheimer s disease may have a more widespread impact on the brain than thought, American research suggests.The deposits are known to damage neurons - cells that transmit signals throughout the nervous system.But now they have also been shown to impact on astrocyte cells, which play a key support role in the bra
  A massive, salty filing cabinet
Date: February  26, 2009  

By James AlexanderWhat should you do with the vast caverns left by Cheshire s salt mining Fill them full of valuable documents of course.During our lives, we all generate a vast paper trail of documents about us that need to be kept and archived. We rely on employers, doctors, councils, banks, the police and others to keep these details safe.But -
  Pay attention
Date: February  26, 2009  

The real danger of social networks is complacency, not cancer, says Bill Thompson"The fuss over Facebook s attempt to modify the contract with its millions of users has died down for the moment, and I haven t noticed any of my friends closing their account or even significantly changing their behaviour in protest despite the widespread coverag


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