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in may now have an excuse - it is at least partly down to their genes, according to experts. Experts, who studied more than 10,000 people across Europe, found those with the gene ABCC9 need around 30 minutes more sleep per night than those without (...)

06 - 12 - 2011
Skin transformed to fight cancer
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13 - 11 - 2011
Daily aspirin ‘blocks bowel cancer'
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30 - 10 - 2011
Mobile phone brain cancer link rejected
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23 - 10 - 2011
Gene therapy and stem cells unite
Two of the devoted studies of medicine – stem cell technology and precision gene therapy - have been united for the first time in humans, say scientists. It means patients with a genetic disease could, one day, be treated with their own cells. A (...)

16 - 10 - 2011
Will Blackberry crumble?
Blackberry has had an annus horribilis. They started when Apple came along and threw a perfectly engineered bomb into the bit of its business that deals with business.For at least a decade, besuited city types spent every spare minute twirling their (...)

16 - 10 - 2011
Alpha radiation treats prostate cancers
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27 - 09 - 2011
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