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A lab officer carries out a DNA extraction from cells as part of a process to look for molecular markers containing cancer cells in a patient, April 20, 2007 in Singapore.

Nasal Spray Cancer Vaccine Shrinks Head and Neck Tumors

Vaccine activates and mobilizing a specific type of immune cell, called a CD8+ T-cell More

This undated product image provided by Second Sight Medical Products shows a small video camera and transmitter mounted on a pair of glasses. Images from the camera are processed into electronic data that is wirelessly transmitted to electrodes implanted

US Approves Method to Give Blind Limited Vision

An implantable electronic device can restore limited vision to people blinded by a rare genetic eye disease More

Oscar-Nominated Film Traces Journey of Ailing African Youngsters

Video Oscar-Nominated Film Traces Journey of Ailing African Youngsters

Short film 'Open Heart' is about eight children with rheumatic heart disease who travel from Rwanda to Sudan for life-saving surgery More

Malnourished Malawian children sit with their mothers at a feeding center at the Zomba Central Hospital 60 km's north of Blantyre (file photo).

Malawi Public Hospitals Face Acute Drug Shortage

Health ministry official blames drug theft by medical workers for dire situation More

At this clinic near Sumke Village, Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders medical staff treat children for lead poisoning. (Heather Murdock / VOA)

Nigeria's Pledge to Clean Up Poisoned Village Comes Too Late for Some

Months after funds were allocated, government turns attention to Bagega village, where children have died from lead poisoning More

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Electron microscope image of a coronavirus, part of a family of viruses that cause ailments including the common cold and SARS (undated)

New SARS-like Virus Shows Person-to-Person Transmission

Worldwide number of confirmed infections with new virus - known as novel coronavirus, or NCoV is 11
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory shows four different breeds of lab mice that are being crossbred into a new large population of mice intended to mimic the genetic diversity of the human population for advanced studies that could lead to treatments for peopl

Study: Mice Not Best Models for All Human Disease

Researchers compared genetic changes in people treated for trauma for first time, found consistent responses to different types of trauma
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A woman uses her Apple iPhone 4 smartphone, undated file photo.

Scientists Develop Smartphone App for Psychological Testing

More than 1,000 people have downloaded free app, and half have sent test results to researchers
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Audio Past Conflict Still Affects Aid Workers

LRA rebels terrorized northern Uganda causing physical and mental harm
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Some Swear by Chicken Soup to Battle Flu

Video Some Swear by Soup to Battle Flu

Experts debate whether soup prevents or eases upper respiratory illness
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Smog from smokestacks, automobiles, and other sources of pollution, Los Angeles, April 2009 (file photo).

Air Pollution Raises Risk of Low Birth Weight Babies

Study finds pregnant women exposed to black soot from urban vehicles and coal-fired power plants more likely to have low birth-weight babies
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Petri dishes with bacterial strains of EHEC bacteria (bacterium Escherichia coli.) , June 2, 2011

Scientists Find New Strategy Against Drug-Resistant Superbugs

Method consists of interfering with metabolism of E. coli, so that germs became more vulnerable to existing antibiotics
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An Afghan woman affected by leishmaniasis gets an injection at a free specialized clinic for supported by World Health Organization in Islam Qala, Herat, Afghanistan, Oct. 30, 2010.

Newly Developed Skin Cream Cures Parasitic Illness

Leishmaniasis, caused by bite of a sand fly, may soon be treatable with an antibiotic cream
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