Thanks to advances in DNA technology, scientists can now reconstruct new copies of old viruses. Last year United States government scientists reconstructed the virus that caused the influenza epidemic of 1918. Now a team of French scientists has rebuilt a
If your normal state seems to be crushing exhaustion, the problem may be more than just the job plus the kids. Today, concerned that chronic fatigue syndrome is an underappreciated public-health problem, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laun
The action included a march from the US embassy to Trafalgar Square, where celebrities joined a demonstration.
Some 22,500 people took part in the rally, according to the police while organisers put the figure at 25,000.
Ashok Sinha, director of S
At an annual meeting of the Obesity Society, one talk correlated obesity with deaths in car accidents, and another correlated obesity with suicides. Dr. Oliver, who attended, said no one in the crowd of at least 200 questioned whether the correlations wer
Nearly everyone associates chemotherapy with cancer treatment, but very few know the history behind the therapy.
The use of chemical poisons -- commonly in early 20th-century warfare -- had been secretly tested to treat cancer since the 1940s.
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The project, which was completed Tuesday, details the activity, or expression pattern of genes. It includes vivid three-dimensional images and descriptions of 20,000 genes and their activity, and has already become a go-to source for researchers studying
A map of the mouse brain down to details of individual cells has been completed, the first project of an institute funded by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul G. Allen, it was announced Tuesday.
The new Allen Brain Atlas is being made available online
A curriculum vitae is more comprehensive. This is especially true if it's distributed overseas, to countries where employers require the inclusion of personal information. (More about that is below.)
A resume rarely exceeds two pages, but it's not unco
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