Salmonella could forfeit student’s year
November 14, 2007
As the number of salmonella cases linked to a university eatery grows, one father is seeking legal advice over the effect of the illness on his daughter.
“She is no shape to go back. It knocked her for a loop,” said the Toronto father, who asked not to be identified.
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Semi-identical twins discovered
November 5, 2007
Scientists have revealed details of the world’s only known case of “semi-identical” twins.
The journal Nature says the twins are identical on their mother’s side, but share only half their genes on their father’s side.
They are the result of two sperm cells fertilising a single egg, which then divided to form two embryos - and each sperm contributed genes to each child.
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