As parents get ready to fill their children’s Easter baskets, a Bay Area group is raising questions about the levels of dangerous heavy metals in >>>

Scientists have made a groundbreaking feat of generating a new type of embryonic stem cell that contains only a single copy of the human genome. >>>

The GOP-sponsored bill would make it extremely difficult for rural Americans, lower income Americans, minorities and the elderly to know whether foods are genetically engineered. >>>

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Researchers in England report a two-drug combination given to patients ahead of surgery to remove breast cancer shrank tumors significantly in 11 days. Source: Drug >>>

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One of the enduring mysteries of paleontology, the demise of a highly successful group of dolphin-like marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs that flourished in Earth’s seas >>>

Scientists surprised to find amino acids, not sugar, supply most building blocks for tumor cells. Source: How cancer cells fuel their growth

Although some progress has been made, hospital-acquired infections and drug-resistant bacteria remain big killers Source: Superbugs a major threat to hospital patients – CBS News