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Anthrax, Made In The USA
As anthrax continues to turn up in US postal facilities, and postal workers, evidence is emerging that it
is an American product. Not only are the bacteria genetically close to the strain the US used in its own anthrax weapons in the
1960s, but New Scientist Magazine reports that it has evidence that the spores also seem to have been prepared according to
the secret US "weaponisation" recipe. more
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Biocapsule Can Provide Steady Insulin Supply
Pushing the frontiers of drug delivery technology, a biomedical engineer at the University of Illinois at
Chicago has developed an implantable capsule that releases a steady supply of insulin to the bloodstream of people with
diabetes. more
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Celiac Disease More Common In Diabetics That Previously Thought
Celiac disease, an inability to digest gluten-containing foods, is more common among diabetics in the
U.S. than previously thought, according to a study by Steven Werlin, M.D., professor of pediatric gastroenterology at the
Medical College of Wisconsin more
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Novel Fatty Acid-Targeted Taxane To Be Evaluated In Phase II Breast Cancer Study
A multi-center Phase II clinical study of Taxoprexin (DHA-paclitaxel) for the treatment of advanced
breast cancer will soon be underway. Taxoprexin treatment will be the first taxane therapy the study patients will receive for
their advanced disease. Dr. Stephen Johnston of the Royal Marsden Hospital (London, UK) is the study's Principal
Investigator. more
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Researchers Move Closer To "Global" HIV Vaccine
A "global" HIV vaccine that generates antibodies to protect against a wide range of subtypes of the
virus is now a step closer, says an international team of researchers. more
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