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Appeals Court Overturns Stem Cell Research Ban

WASHINGTON -- Opponents of taxpayer-funded stem cell research lost a key round in a federal appeals court Friday. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the U.S. court of appeals in Washington overturned a judge's order that would have blocked taxpayer funding for stem cell research. The judges ruled that opponents of...

Angry Farmers Protest Against Japanese Nuke Plant Owner

TOKYO -- Angry farmers brought two cows to Tokyo where they shouted and punched the air Tuesday in a protest to demand compensation for products contaminated by radiation spewing from Japan's crippled nuclear plant. The 200 farmers, mostly from northeastern Japan, wore green bandanas, held aloft cabbages they said they...

Judge Denies Muslim Inmate's Lawsuit Over Grooming Rights

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia's prison system did not violate a Muslim inmate's religious rights when it refused to allow him to grow a 1/8-inch beard, which he believes is required by his religion, a federal judge has ruled. William Couch, a 50-year-old Sunni Muslim, is a medium-security prisoner serving multiple life...

Giffords Standing on Own, Trying to Improve Gait

PHOENIX -- Doctors say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can walk a little and is even trying to improve her gait. But the report Sunday in The Arizona Republic adds the congresswoman herself is planning to "walk a mountain." Giffords uses her left side and has begun making limited use of her right arm and leg, a common effect of a...

Millions of Dollars Donated for Malaria Drugs Stolen

LONDON -- A leading global health fund believes millions of dollars worth of its donated malaria drugs have been stolen in recent years - perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars worth - vastly exceeding levels of theft previously suspected, according to confidential documents obtained by The Associated Press. The internal...

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Whose Offices Are Germier: Men's Or Women's?

Men's offices are germier than women's, according to a new study.

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Tests Confirm Virus At B.C. Salmon Farm

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says secondary tests have confirmed that an infectious virus was present in fish at farm operated by Mainstream Canada, off Vancouver Island.

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Chagas Disease, Tropical Insect-Borne Illness, May Be 'New HIV/AIDS Of The Americas'

Chagas disease, a tropical illness that is transmitted by biting insects, may pose a major unseen threat to poor populations in the Americas and Europe, according to a report published May 29 in the journal PLoS. The editorial, which was co-authored by several experts in tropical diseases from Baylor College of Medicine...

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Gov't expanding E. coli tests in meat

WASHINGTON -The government is expanding E. coli testing in some raw meat, a move expected to prevent more people from contracting the bacteria that can cause severe illness or death.

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Easter Chicks Salmonella: Over 300 Food Safety Incidents Linked To Mail-Order Poultry Since 2004

Those cute mail-order chicks that wind up in children's Easter baskets and backyard farms have been linked to more than 300 cases of salmonella in the U.S. â mostly in youngsters â since 2004.

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05/31/12 Curiosity Quills Press Gears Up for Dinosaur Jazz: a... Source: PRWeb Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) May 30, 2012 Michael Panush has been a central figure in Curiosity Quills Press ' stable of authors since shortly after its inception.
05/31/12 Study Finds Strokes Increased in Those Aged 5 to 44 Source: PRWeb (PRWEB) May 30, 2012 CDC study, Trends of Acute Ischemic Stroke Hospitalizations in the U.S, 1994-2007, found that stroke hospitalizations increased among both males and females, raising concern about the young population.
05/30/12 Russian postal workers poisoned by toxic parcel Source: Sify Moscow, May 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Police in Russia's Siberia region are looking into reports that postal workers at a railway station were poisoned by a toxic parcel.
05/30/12 Your office has boys' germs Source: Perth News In 1867, a man by the name of Earl Miller came running into the office of Doctor Williamson of the San Francisco Board of Health.
05/30/12 Waking a sleeping Giant Source: The Technician - NC State Univ - Raleigh NC Deep inside the CerrejÃ³n Coal Mine in northern Columbia lay a sleeping giant for 60 million years.

Background on biological sciences

Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy.

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