Group to protest ‘homophobic’ transplant ruling
January 16, 2008
It all began when Canadian Blood Services banned gay men from donating blood.
By JOHN MINER, SUN MEDIA
Wed, January 16, 2008
A London gay activist group is ramping up its campaign against Canadian Blood Services and hospital organ transplant programs for restrictions on donations from men who have sex with men.
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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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Treatment keeps girl child-sized
January 5, 2007
From the Beeb:
Parents of a severely disabled girl in the US have revealed that they are keeping her child-sized in order to give her a better life.
The nine-year-old, named Ashley, has the mental ability of a three-month-old baby and cannot walk or talk.
Along with hormone doses to limit her growth, Ashley’s parents also opted for surgery to block breast growth and had her uterus and appendix removed.
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Way to go, Schulich researchers!
January 1, 2007
Both women are faculty members at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario.
New Canadian technology tracks cancer’s spread
Updated Sat. Dec. 30 2006 10:47 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
When it comes to cancer, it often isn’t the initial tumour that kills. It’s the cancer cells that migrate and spawn new tumours. Now scientists at the Robarts Research Centre in London, Ontario, have devised a new way of following cancer cells as they spread that may help them learn how to stop them.
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