World first: Lasers used in keyhole surgery for brain cancer 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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In a ground-breaking advance, French neurosurgeons on Friday said they had successfully treated brain tumours through ultra-keyhole surgery, using a tiny fibre-optic laser to destroy cancerous cells. | |
Why Strawberry Jam is More Regulated than Cigarettes 7 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While jams and other consumer products are strictly regulated and are required to pass stringent tests before they can be sold, tobacco has no restrictions and manufacturers can, and do, add anything they ... | |
Flu shot does not reduce risk of death 13 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The widely-held perception that the influenza vaccination reduces overall mortality risk in the elderly does not withstand careful scrutiny, according to researchers in Alberta. The vaccine does confer protection against ... | |
Researchers devise means to create blood by identifying earliest stem cells 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered the earliest form of human blood stem cells and deciphered the mechanism by which these embryonic stem cells replicate and grow. They also found a surprising biological marker that ... | |
Blood vessel cells are instructed to form tube-like structures 8 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
How do blood vessel cells understand that they should organise themselves in tubes and not in layers? A research group from Uppsala University shows for the first time that a special type of "instructor" molecule is needed ... | |
Sex differences seen in response to common antidepressant 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Women with depression may be much more likely than men to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive antidepressant drug, a new national study finds. But many members of both sexes may find that it helps ease their depression ... | |
Study confirms vCJD could be transmitted by blood transfusion 8 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The findings underline the importance of precautions against vCJD transmission, such as the Government decision in 2004 to ban blood donations from anyone who had received a blood transfusion since 1980. | |
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