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News | Archive (12 October 2008)
Novel nerve stimulation therapy alleviates pain for chronic headache
— 11:44 GMT | HealthA novel therapy using a miniature nerve stimulator instead of medication for the treatment of profoundly disabling headache disorders improved the experience of pain by 80-95 percent, according to a new study from the University of California, San Francisco and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London…
Hint to genetic cause of fatal birth defect
— 11:44 GMT | HealthA novel enzyme may play a major role in anencephaly, offering hope for a genetic test or even therapy for the rare fatal birth defect in which the brain fails to develop, according to a study from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. The study appears in the October issue of the journal of Molecular Endocrinology…
Scientists design artificial cells that could power medical implants
— 11:44 GMT | HealthScientists at Yale University have created a blueprint for artificial cells that are more powerful and efficient than the natural cells they mimic and could one day be used to power tiny medical implants…
Tobacco smuggling is killing four times more people than illegal drugs
— 11:44 GMT | HealthTobacco smuggling causes around 4,000 premature deaths a year - four times the number of deaths caused by the use of all smuggled illegal drugs put together - but the UK government is not doing enough to tackle the problem, claim experts on bmj.com…
Turning freshwater ponds into crab farms
— 11:44 GMT | BiologyEffort by scientists at North Carolina State University is leading to a new kind of crab harvest - blue crabs grown and harvested from freshwater ponds, instead of from the sea. Crab lovers shouldn't worry, researchers say, because the pond-raised crabs look and taste just like their ocean-raised brethren…
Researchers confirm second-ever case of virgin birth by shark
— 11:44 GMT | BiologyResearchers have confirmed the second-ever case of a 'virgin birth' in a shark, indicating once again that female sharks can reproduce without mating and raising the possibility that many female sharks have this incredible capacity. This compelling new study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Fish Biology, a leading international journal…
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