First-ever link between missing DNA and cancer: study

copy number variation: the first link ever found between cancer and a type of genetic defect. I dont have much exp in this field but i think this story should be published on nowpublic to aware all now public memebers. Enjoy Reading... " The breakthrough came in a study on...

The Maggots in Your Mushrooms

"You are what you eat" –right?––After reading this alarming report, I'll never be able to buy packaged / processed foods again! This information is relevant to all of us everywhere around the world, since most packaged foods are made up of 'imported and local' produce....

]Moving forward after two leg amputations

"Moving forward after two leg amputations  Nov. 7: For Nick Nelson, a rare birth defect forced him to make not one, but two difficult choices. Now that he has had both legs amputated, the 10-year-old has a new outlook and a new life. NBC’s Joe Fryer reports in our...

Cause of 'Treeman's' barklike growths revealed

"(CNN) -- For 20 years, the warts studding Dede Kosawa's hands and feet multiplied and sprouted like gnarled roots. ...

Biden's comments on special needs kids called 'new low'

Notice how low the Republican response was to this. Talk about taking the low road. What hurts most is that some people will believe it."(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain's campaign rebuked Sen. Joe Biden on Tuesday, saying the Democratic vice presidential nominee had "sunk to a new...

Rare white ravens make home on Vancouver Island

Some First Nations foretold of White Ravens and hold them sacred, certainly Twin Ravens is a thing to behold in British Columbia or anywhere else in the world.  The late British Columbia Sculptor Bill Reid...

Rice hits U.S. 'birth defect'

"Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that the United States still has trouble dealing with race because of a national "birth defect" that denied black Americans the opportunities given to whites at the country's very founding."Black Americans were a founding...

A Saga, My Starbucks Travel Mug

My trusted Starbucks travel mug is an intrinsic part of my daily routine. Crawl out of bed, turn on coffee maker, pour coffee into travel mug, drink coffee on bus. This morning my routine was thrust into mayhem...

Woman Spots Eye Defect Madeleine on Moroccan coast

"A battered and bruised girl bearing "the mark of Madeleine" has been spotted in Morocco. The blonde child was seen by a woman who told detectives she even recognised the distinctive fleck in Madeleine's eye,...

Cuba Afraid to Send Boxers to USA

"HAVANA - Cuba won’t send a boxing team to the world championships in Chicago, heeding Fidel Castro’s fears about future defections after two fighters abandoned their teammates during the Pan American...

Brazil Welcomes Nazis Deports Cubans

Brazil showed it's humanity by arresting and forcing two Cuban boxers in search of freedom back to the island to face certain serious punishment.""Brazil broke its best democratic tradition with that summary...

New Cause For Autism Discovered

Researchers have finally provided a mechanism to explain why autism rates are so much higher in males than females.  The cause - a previously unrecognized cause of autism - a so-called germ line...

How Many Insect Parts and Rodent Hairs are in Food? More Than You Think

"so common are these contaminants that the FDA has published a booklet detailing the so-called "Food Defect Action Levels," which were needed, according to the FDA, " ... because it is economically impractical to grow, harvest, or process raw products that are totally free of...

UPDATE: Celebrity Genes: Personalized Gene Banks?

James Watson, co-discover of the shape of DNA, now has his entire genome on a DVD.....no word on whether it is good watching. "BRANFORD, Conn. – May 31, 2007 – 454 Life Sciences Corporation, in collaboration...

Lisa Ann Taylor Faces Radio Interview

"The two women accused of running a house of prostitution in Gwinnett County's Sugarloaf subdivision maintained their innocence in a radio interview on Friday. The attorney for one of the pair said that most of the evidence in the case was illegally obtained, and should be...

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