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Scientists Discover How Editing Of RNA Leads To Cancer

A process that edits the genetic instructions for manufacturing proteins has been implicated in cancer for the first time.

January 18, 2013

Giving Stem Cells A Bad Name

Rogue stem cell treatments in recent news are casting a bad light on the whole field, writes David Tan.

December 28, 2012

Gene Variations Linked To Lung Cancer In Asian Women

An international group of scientists has identified three genetic regions that predispose Asian women who have never smoked to lung cancer.

November 15, 2012

China To Reduce Reliance On Death-Row Inmates For Organs

China is taking a relook at its human organ transplant policies, reports the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

November 13, 2012

Scientists Sequence Genome Of Liver Cancer Caused By Hepatitis B, C

Two teams of Asian researchers have independently completed whole-genome sequencing studies of a type of liver cancer commonly caused by hepatitis virus infection.

June 1, 2012

China Increases Global Scientific Publishing Share In 2011

China is fast becoming a global leader in scientific publishing and scientific research, according to the Nature Publishing Index 2011 China published last week.

May 28, 2012

Osteoporosis Risk May Be Written In Our Genes, Study

A major new international study has for the first time shown that the risk of osteoporosis and bone fracture is strongly related to gene variation.

April 19, 2012

Mystery Of The Vanishing Neutrinos Solved

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment today reported the first results of its search for the last, most elusive piece of a long-standing puzzle: how is it that neutrinos can appear to vanish as they travel?

March 8, 2012

Controversial H5N1 Avian Flu Research Put On Hold For 60 Days

The world’s leading avian flu researchers have agreed to suspend avian flu transmission research for 60 days amid growing biosafety and biosecurity concerns.

January 26, 2012

Study Looks At Ballroom Dancing Classes To Prevent Falls In Elderly

University of Sydney researchers say that twice weekly ballroom dancing classes have the potential to reduce the incidence of falls for elderly Australians by as much as 37 percent.

January 6, 2012