GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 48 million people in West Africa will be immunized for yellow fever over the next four years under a new vaccine programme announced on Wednesday by the public-private GAVI Alliance.
Detecting the molecular structure of a tiny protein using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) currently requires two things: a million-dollar machine the size of a massive SUV, and a large sample of the protein under study. Now, MIT researchers report the development of a radically different approach
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Adelaide Magistrates Court has extended a detention order for a man accused of recklessly infecting other men with HIV.
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What did the Vikings eat for supper" How good were the grocers in Roman Pompeii" What was it like feasting with the Greeks in the second millennium BC" How can this tell us why we like TV dinners today"Everything you have ever wanted to know about the archaeological history of food and drink will b
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Researchers at the Ontario Cancer Institute at Princess Margaret Hospital have successfully proven that cancer cells alone can be killed by a new cancer drug that is triggered by a laser light, a process known as photodynamic therapy (PDT).
Since 2000 mammography rates have declined significantly in the United States, according to a new study. Published in the June 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study by Dr. Nancy Breen from the National Cancer Institute and co-authors confirms th
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Sometimes, it pays to be rare - think of a one-of-a-kind diamond, a unique Picasso or the switch-hitter on a baseball team.Now, new research suggests that being rare has biological benefits. Professor Marla Sokolowski, a biologist at the University of Toronto Mississauga who in the 1980s discovered
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