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Study backs kidney transplant method for hardest-to-match

Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 16:28 Last update: about 11 years ago

Nearly 1 in 3 patients who needs a kidney transplant is especially hard to match, and new research suggests a painstaking treatment to help those patients tolerate an incompatible organ is worth...

Star-power meets conquistador at Paris Givenchy show

Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 15:51 Last update: about 11 years ago

Star-power met with conquistadors at Sunday as Kanye West, Ciara and Chris Brown held center stage at Paris Fashion Week's Givenchy's show that channeled the Spanish adventurers who sailed...

The new MINI One D Clubman

Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 11:52 Last update: about 11 years ago

• Fleet-focused MINI One D Clubman launched in the UK• CO2 emissions from 99g/km, 74.3 mpg on the combined cycle• Exceptionally high standard specification including MINI...

10th Costa Coffee store now open

Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 10:59 Last update: about 11 years ago

Coffee lovers will be delighted to know that two brand new Costa Coffee shops have just opened in Marsaxlokk and St. Julian's, making them the 9th and 10th shops on the Island. The former situated...

Christians in Arab Malta (4)

Monday, 14 March 2016, 15:17 Last update: about 11 years ago

Dr Simon Mercieca and Frans X. Cassar   Whether one accepts Al Athir's historical chronicle and the fact that the events of 982 are related to Malta or not, one cannot deny that the...

Babies' eye damage and Zika? Brazil study suggests a link

Saturday, 12 March 2016, 16:18 Last update: about 11 years ago

The Zika virus might cause eye damage in small-headed infants born to women infected during pregnancy, a small study in Brazil suggests. The study lacks hard proof of any link with Zika and...

Emporio Armani, Versace, Diesel headline Milan fashion Day 3

Saturday, 12 March 2016, 15:54 Last update: about 11 years ago

The Italian fashion industry is deeply tied to its manufacturing base, with the textile mills that populate northern Italy key to helping designers realize their particular visions. This...

Model aims to tell researchers how infection passes placenta

Friday, 11 March 2016, 16:17 Last update: about 11 years ago

Researchers have created a cellular model of the human placenta to help uncover how infections, from toxoplasmosis to the Zika virus, may pass from a mother to her unborn child. The placenta...

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