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Bush-Advisor Falsifies Reports On Climate Change
Monday, 13 June 2005, 4:21 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
“New York Times” has reported Philip Cooney, former lobbyist of the oil industry, had played down warnings of what global warming will do to the planet. More >>
Dolphins Found To Be Using Tools To Forage
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 1:35 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Dolphins on the West Coast of Australia have been found to use tools for foraging, report scientists from the Universities of Zurich and New South Wales in Sydney. It is the first time documented evidence has been gathered to examine how dolphin ... More >>
Gene Therapy May Provide Relief From Arthritis
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 1:17 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
United States physicians have successfully tested a gene therapy to treat arthritis. Earlier attempts to use a virus as a gene transmitter had caused leukaemia. But scientists say recent studies show the technique to be safe. More >>
Climate Change Increases Incidence of Hay Fever
Monday, 2 May 2005, 4:05 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Pollen causes allergic reactions in an increasing number of humans. Researchers in Tokyo have found global warming could be aggravating the problem. More >>
Enviro-Toxins Increase Number Of Y Chromosomes
Monday, 2 May 2005, 3:47 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Researchers have found that environmental poisons can significantly change the number of sperms which carry the male XY chromosome. Scientists from the Swedish University Lund http://www.lu.se have identified a special group of environmental toxins which ... More >>
Further Step For The Development Of AIDS Vaccine
Monday, 2 May 2005, 3:33 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Scientists from Vienna have discovered another aspect to how the HI-Virus defends itself against attacks from the human body’s immune system. Scientists from the Institute for Applied Microbiology at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life ... More >>
US Guidelines for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Friday, 29 April 2005, 12:58 am | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
The National Academy of Sciences of the United States has published substantial principles for stem cell research. These are strongly suggesting a voluntary self-commitment. More >>
Alcohol Encourages Brain Cell Regeneration
Friday, 29 April 2005, 12:49 am | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
A moderate consumption of alcohol over a longer period boosts the building of new neurons in the brains of adults. This surprising result was presented by a Swedish team of researchers from the Karolinska Institutet ( http://info.ki.se/index_en.html ... More >>
Indigenous DNA, Brain Scans, Marburg & Stem Cells
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 2:57 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
The ambitious DNA profiling “Genographic project” which seeks to retrace the path of human settlement on Earth has been encountering resistance among indigenous people. After a boycott-appeal by the US-American Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism, ... More >>
Australia: Cull Of 1000s Of Wild Camels Planned
Wednesday, 27 April 2005, 2:41 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
In Australia thousands of wild camels will be shot from helicopters. This was necessary in order to halt the explosive growth of the camel population, explained a government spokesperson. The camels have become a burden for sheep and cattle breeding due to ... More >>
Research Shows Old Stem Cells Can Turn Cancerous
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:29 am | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Stem cells from human adipose tissue have turned cancerous in a study with laboratory animals. The malignant tumours were formed through cells which had been cultivated outside of the body. More >>
HIV In Germany: Jog Trot Instead Of Safer Sex
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 10:25 am | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
The number of AIDS-infections within homosexual men has risen in Germany in 2004. According to a report of the Robert-Koch-Institute in Berlin, the transmission of the agent from one man to another was six per cent higher than the year before. More >>
Late Bloomers More Vulnerable To STDs
Friday, 1 April 2005, 5:58 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Late bloomers can be more vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases. That’s the result of a study from the University of Manchester http://www.man.ac.uk . The risk of an infection seems to be more closely connected with reaching sexual maturity ... More >>
Scientists Develop Reading-Camera For Blind People
Friday, 1 April 2005, 5:54 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Scoop Report: Blind people will be able to read also en-route due to a new invention. Scientists have developed a high-resolution camera with an integrated mini-computer. More >>
Tiredness, Fatigue Killing Your Sex-Life?
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 6:18 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Scoop Report: Feeling listless? Feeling over-tired and fatigued? Feeling too tired for sex? A United States study has found 58 per cent of Americans are too tired for sex. That's the findings of a study by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) that concludes ... More >>
Stem-Cells May Be Answer To Baldness
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 6:06 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Balding people may be able to beat the horror of the smooth-scalp-look by seeking 21st century science. According to scientists, Alopecia (hair loss) could be treated with stem cells from the root of a hair. The cells could also be multifariously applicable. More >>
GE “Golden Rice” To Combat Vitamin A Deficiency
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 12:36 am | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Scoop Report: Over 250 million people worldwide suffer from Vitamin A deficiency but scientists have found that GE "golden rice" is able to address symptoms such as infantile blindness. Scientists have genetically engineered a rice variety, ... More >>
No More Cheap Generics Medicine From India?
Friday, 25 March 2005, 3:14 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Scoop Report: The Indian Parliament has moved to prohibit the manufacture of cost-effective generics. The law was just passed by India's House of Commons. But the House of Lords’ approbation is necessary for the prohibition to be enacted. The legislation has resulted ... More >>
Canada Permits 320,000 Seals To Be Slaughtered
Thursday, 24 March 2005, 4:06 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Scoop Report: Massive protests by animal-rights activists have not stopped the Canadian government from allowing the mass slaughter of Harp Seals. Canada has permitted the killing of 320,000 Harp Seals (phoca groenlandia). The plan has sparked massive protests ... More >>
Fatal Virus In Angola Identified As Marburg
Thursday, 24 March 2005, 2:13 pm | Marietta Gross - Scoop Media Auckland
Scoop Report: The rare Marburg-Virus has killed dozens of people in the African republic of Angola. A laboratory in the United States has proven that the mysterious disease, to which at least 96 persons had fallen prey, was actually the Marburg Virus, ... More >>
