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11th Jan 2004
Cancer, Cancer Diagnosis and Chemotherapy
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New source of anti-microbials for hospital superbugs, piranah attacks on the increase in Brazil, low tar cigarettes as bad as higher tar, garlic-based anti-cancer smart-bomb, cancer magic-bullet for lymphoma, an interview with Beagle 2 co-ordinator Prof. Colin Pillinger, and special guests Simon Cotton, demonstrating a skin scanner for the rapid diagnosis of melanoma, and skin cancer expert Dr. Fiona Watt - "what is cancer, what causes it and how can we treat it ?"
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Science News
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Researchers looking for new ways to deal with antibiotic resistant infections may have discovered a bacterial achilles heel. Analysing the genetic code of one superbug, methici... |
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A recent spate of piranha attacks on swimmers in South East Brazil could be caused by rivers being dammed. In one town called Santa Cruz of Conceircao, there had been no report... |
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New research from the US has shown that the risk of lung cancer is no different in people who smoke medium, low or even very low tar cigarettes. The researchers looked at the t... |
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No, I'm not proposing jet packs to get Granny up the stairs, but researcers at Manchester Metropolitan Universtiy think that methods invented to help astronauts cope with life ... |
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Chemicals found in Garlic could be used as a new Smart Bomb to treat cancer. Allicin is a toxic chemical which is not present in whole cloves of garlic, but is produced in a re... |
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Doctors in America have pioneered a new treatment for lymphoma, a type of cancer of the blood, that can selectively home in on cancer cells whilst leaving the rest of the bodie... |
| Fact or Fiction
The farthest you can see with the naked eye is two point four
million miles.
 
![]() It's False – The farthest the naked eye can see
is two point four million light years or 140 million million million miles!
This is the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy. You can see it fairly easily
as a dim, large grey "cloud" in a clear night sky.
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The chalk in the white cliffs of Dover is made up of the fossils
of tiny animals?
![]() It's False . In fact all chalk is formed from the
bodies of tiny algae called cocolithophores that lived in the sea 70 million
years ago in a time called the Cretaceous.
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Scientists have brought 250 million year old bacteria back to
life
![]() It's True – In October, 1999 bacteria known as
B. permians (bacillus) found in sea salt beneath Carlsbad, New Mexico,
were revived after being in suspended animation (encased in a hard-shelled
spore) for an estimated 250 million years.
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Beards are bad for your health
![]() It's True –
Men who shave regularly are healthier, and have sex more often than their
hairier counterparts, a recent study has shown. Following 2,438 men from
South Wales, researchers at the University of Bristol found that men who
shave at least once a day are more likely to be married, have better jobs
and are less likely to smoke whilst bearded men were also found to have
a 70% higher chance of having a stroke.
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Scientists recently discovered a plant 43,000 years old
![]() It's True – in 1997 scientists studying King's Holly (Lomatia
tasmanica) a type of shrub from the desert of Tasmania, found it to be
over 43,000 years old. This was achieved with the aid of a nearby fossil
from the same plant ! [Additional information - The plant is triploid
(3x chromosomes) so is sterile. It spreads by root suckering so the same
specimen has been growing for all that time].
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If all the passengers on an aircraft suddenly jumped up in the
air the plane would temporarily weigh less
![]() It's False –
the weight of the plane would increase because the force exerted on the
floor of the aircraft by the passengers as they jumped would actually
increase the weight of the plane momentarily, not decrease it.
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The sex of a baby is determined by the mother
![]() It's False
– The sex of a baby is determined by the father who carries an X
and a Y chromosome meaning he can make sperm carrying either X or Y chromosomes.
If the mothers egg – which only carry X chromosomes – are
fertilised by a sperm carrying a Y then you get a boy !
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Mice use signposts to find their way around !
![]() It's True
– scientists at oxford university have found that mice often leave
piles of seeds, twigs or shells to help them find their way home in confusing
places like large fields of crops. Leaving visual signals like this is
thought to be safer than scent marking which a predator could pick up.
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Warts are caused by a bacterial infection
![]() It's False
– Warts and verrucas are caused by the human papilloma virus, which
also causes cervical cancer.
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A Bombay Duck is actually a kind of chicken
![]() It's False
– it’s a kind of fish !
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