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23rd Nov 2003

Genetically modified viruses for treating cancers

Anti-cancer sponge located after 20 year hunt, cone snails under threat, new non-invasive way to detect breast cancer, strawberries good for astronauts, US plan for carbon sequestration, face transplants, purpose of eyebrows, and special guest virologist Prof. Moira Brown describing "how genetically modified viruses can be used to treat cancers".

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Anti-cancer Sponge Found After 20 Year Hunt

20 years ago marine scientists in the Bahamas found a small piece of a sea sponge that harboured a powerful anti-cancer agent. But the amount of sponge they had to work with wa...
 

Threat To Cone Shells And The Potential Drugs They Contain

Scientists from the UK and America have warned this week that we might be loosing the most promising source of new drugs because of habitat loss and overexploitation. Cone snai...
 

New Breast Cancer Detection Method

Scientists at the University of Minnesota have been investigating a new technique to diagnose breast cancer. MRI or Magnetic Resonance imaging using radiowaves is used to detec...
 

The Secret of Jonny's Golden Kick

After yesterday’s fabulous performance of England in the Rugby World Cup final, I can’t resist finding some science in there somewhere. And indeed there is. Researc...
 

Strawberries Boost Astronaut's Performance

Snacking on strawberries may help astronauts to perform better on long space missions. A daily dose of the frozen fruit boosts the brain function in rats exposed to a lab versi...
 

Usa Carbon Sequestration Plan

America has steadfastly refused to sign up to the Kyoto agreement – a worldwide drive to cut carbon dioxide emissions from cars and industry to stop the acceleration of t...
 

Face Transplants a Step Closer To Reality - But Do We Want Them ?

Did you see the film Face Off a few years back where John Travolta and Nicolas Cage swap faces? Well, we might not be far off that procedure being a reality… Surgeons in ...
 

Why Do We Have Eyebrows ?

Have you ever noticed that the Mona Lisa painting at the Louvre is of a lady with no eyebrows? The Mona Lisa was painted in 1503 by Leonardo da Vinci, and is thought be a portr...
 

Pisa Once Like Venice

Archeologists have unearthed a ghost fleet of ships buried in mud outside the Italian city of Pisa. This had led them to think that Pisa was built on a lagoon similar to Venice...

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