Renegade RNA: 'It goes where no bit of it has gone before'

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that a tiny piece of genetic code apparently goes where no bit of it has gone before, and it gets there under its own internal code.A report on the renegade ribonucleic acid, and the code that directs its movement, will be...

Clone farming has arrived

"The black and white calf may look unremarkable. But Dundee Paradise is evidence that clone farming - designed to deliver supersize cows producing an astonishing 70 pints of milk a day - has arrived in Britain. Her birth last month exposed glaring gaps in the Government's...

Hope over tumour fighting therapy

"Scientists believe they have found a way to block the supply of nutrients to cancer tumours. Researchers mimicked the action of blood cells known as platelets by creating tiny nanoparticles to create clots to stop blood getting to tumours. The particles may also be able to...

Stolen rocket launchers 'hidden in Vic'

"Federal police fear five stolen rocket launchers may have been hidden in Melbourne by a terrorist group. An Australian Federal Police spokesman told Fairfax newspapers it was "common sense" to assume agents were in Victoria searching for the rocket launchers because the...

Breakthrough sheds light on cause of diabetes

"One of the root causes of type 1 diabetes may need rethinking – the condition may be triggered by faulty nerves in the pancreas, a new study reveals. Type 1 diabetes has long been described as an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system targets islet...

Could the Abortion Pill Prevent Certain Cancers?

"There may be another use for the abortion pill — aside from stirring up controversy. Researchers from the University of California–Irvine have found that mifepristone, a chemical compound found in the abortion pill, helps thwart the growth of mammary tumors that...

Stem cells core of more cancers

Does Natural Selection Drive The Evolution Of Cancer?

The dynamics of evolution are fully in play within the environment of a tumor (tumour), just as they are in forests and meadows, oceans and streams. This is the view of researchers in an emerging cross-disciplinary field that brings the thinking of ecologists and evolutionary...

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Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - What You Should Know

"About 11,930 new cases of acute myelogenous leukemia are diagnosed each year in the United States. Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) may be called by several names, including: acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia or acute...

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When Cells Stop Working

"Children keep dying from mysterious illnesses that have been traced to tiny structures called mitochondria. Nothing worries parents more than a sick infant--especially when nobody can figure out what's wrong. For Asher Gould's parents, the uncertainty lasted for the first...

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