Topic: Biology
Genetic researchers win $500K US medical prize
AP Features
Three American scientists who contributed to the mapping of the human genetic blueprint — an advance that continues to give the medical world a better understanding of human disease — were awarded the nation's richest prize in medicine and biomedical research Wednesday. The $500,000 Albany Medical Center prize is being ...
Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution
AP News
Home-schooling parents who prefer evolution say textbook publishers push Bible's origin storyHome-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons. Mule's precocious daughter Elizabeth excels at science and has ...
Scientists find why "sunshine" vitamin D is crucial
Reuters US Online Report Health News
LONDON (Reuters) - Vitamin D is vital in activating human defences and low levels suffered by around half the world's population may mean their immune systems' killer T cells are poor at fighting infection, scientists said on Sunday. The findings by Danish researchers could help the fight against infectious diseases ...
Bugs in the gut can cause obesity: study
AFP Global Edition
The bugs that help digest food may also cause the body to pack on the pounds if they are not properly regulated, a new study has found. That is because if the wrong kinds of bacteria take over they can cause a low-level inflammation that leads to a pre-diabetic condition ...
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