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Thousands of patients taking an anti-depressant have been put on alert after
the drug was linked to a worrying rise in suicides. Seroxat has been the subject
of previous warnings that it may make children more suicidal, but researchers
now say that should be extended to adults. Read the rest of this entry »

By Kim Tae-gyu
Staff Reporter
A team of South Korean scientists has uncovered the mechanism of neural stem cell death, a discovery expected to help treat such degenerative diseases as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

The team, headed by Prof. Kang Kyung-sun of Seoul National University, Monday said they pinpointed a gene responsible for deactivating the differentiation or renewal of neural stem cells. Read the rest of this entry »

22.08.05

A common virus might explain the high rates of breast cancer in developed countries, a Christchurch researcher says. Read the rest of this entry »

Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:21 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to what the “hygiene hypothesis” suggests, the youngest children in a family are not less likely than older siblings to develop multiple sclerosis (MS), new research suggests. Read the rest of this entry »

By CHERYL WITTENAUER
Associated Press Writer

5:44 PM PDT, August 22, 2005

ST. LOUIS — Scientists have developed a cancer-fighting compound that can sneak past a protective blood barrier in the brain, enabling it to fight brain cancer, according to a Department of Veterans Affairs and Saint Louis University animal study published this week. Read the rest of this entry »

AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a world-first blood test which could
help in the early detection of mesothelioma, a deadly asbestos-related cancer
of the lung lining. … The non-invasive blood test developed by University of
Western Australia Professor Bruce Robinson and a team of researchers is a
breakthrough in the early detection of mesothelioma. Under existing
arrangements, diagnosis is a long process which includes blood tests, chest x-
rays, CT scans, drainage and laboratory analysis of the pleural fluid to help
differentiate mesothelioma from other similar conditions

BOSTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) — The controversy over embryonic stem cell research may become moot with a procedure that turns skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells. Read the rest of this entry »

By Janice Billingsley
HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) — Abdominal pain and swelling can be early symptoms of ovarian cancer. But they are often attributed to other causes, potentially delaying an earlier diagnosis of the disease when it could be treated more effectively, a new study finds. Read the rest of this entry »

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have taken a new step in the quest for gene therapy for muscular dystrophy. Three years after researchers experimenting with mice discovered that gene therapy might one day work, another team has found a way to deliver such therapy throughout the body. Read the rest of this entry »