MS drug treatment shows promise (AP)

" EAST HANOVER, N.J. - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., the U.S. unit of Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG, said Thursday that at least three out of four patients given an experimental multiple sclerosis treatment were free of relapses for more than two years. The company released...

As distractions go, this beats 'em all

"The perfect end to a perfect Monday in New Orleans would've been the mass reconstruction of thousands of homes, the go-ahead given for hundreds of thousands of still-displaced citizens to come home, the vow to...

Aborigines given ownership of Perth by judge

"Aborigines have been declared the traditional owners of Perth and given the right to hunt and fish in the area, in the first successful claim by indigenous people to an Australian state capital."

She did it again! Baby Boy for Britney

"Pop princess Britney Spears has given birth to a baby boy, it was claimed today. The 24-year-old Toxic star gave birth to a six pound, 11 ounce baby boy just before 2am in the early hours of Tuesday morning."

Gene-therapy result promising -- at last

"WASHINGTON - A team of researchers from the National Cancer Institute on Thursday reported that they had successfully treated two cancer patients using gene therapy, the introduction of genes into the human body for medical purposes. Two men, both with the rapidly growing...

Pujols aces tests given to Babe Ruth (AP)

" ST. LOUIS - How does El Hombre match up against the Sultan of Swat? This spring, Washington University scientists, at the request of GQ magazine, put Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols through a series of tests...

Pujols aces tests given to Babe Ruth (AP)

" ST. LOUIS - How does El Hombre match up against the Sultan of Swat? This spring, Washington University scientists, at the request of GQ magazine, put Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols through a series of tests similar to those given to Babe Ruth 85 years ago — tests...
 

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