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Study: Aspirin may help treat some colon cancers

Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 10:43 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

    Aspirin, one of the world's oldest and cheapest drugs, has shown remarkable promise in treating colon cancer in people with mutations in a gene that's thought to play a role...

Oregon scientists make embryos with 2 women, 1 man

Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 10:18 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

    Scientists have created embryos with genes from one man and two women, using a provocative technique that could someday be used to prevent babies from inheriting certain rare...

Unprecedented 'black mold' meningitis a challenge

Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 10:09 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

    The black mold creeping into the spines of hundreds of Americans who got tainted shots for back pain marks uncharted medical territory.   Never before has this particular...

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