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At 6 000 years old, wine press is oldest yet found
Archeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found.
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Groups moving forward to develop Aids gel
Groups developing a gel to protect women from HIV/Aids say they are moving ahead to develop the product that was hailed as "groundbreaking".
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Stem cells, obesity finding lead Nobel predictions
Researchers who discovered stem cells and the appetite hormone leptin are named in the 2010 Thomson Reuters predictions to win Nobel prizes.
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Fast machines, genes and the future of medicine
Francis Collins, who helped map the human genome, did not get around to having his own genes analysed until last summer. And he was surprised.
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Future of Aids gels may lie in drugs
The quest for a cream or gel to prevent Aids infection has narrowed to using powerful HIV pills that are already on the market, scientists say.
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Review confirms Aids vaccine may have worked
Doctors who surprised the world of Aids research with a study showing a vaccine prevented some HIV infections released their findings on Tuesday.
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WHO: New flu ‘unstoppable’, calls for vaccine
Saying the new H1N1 virus is ”unstoppable”, the World Health Organisation gave drug makers a full go-ahead to manufacture vaccines
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US officials: Flu outbreak ‘on the upswing’
A top global health official predicted that up to a third of the world’s population could eventually become infected with the new H1N1 flu.
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New Aids vaccine blueprint calls for more focus
HIV/Aids vaccine researchers should move to smaller, more focused trials and dump any vaccines that do not show strong promise.
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US Senator Kennedy has malignant brain tumour
Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, the brother of assassinated president John F Kennedy and the elder statesman of American liberal politics, has a malignant brain tumour, his doctors said on Tuesday. Kennedy (76) who has been hospitalised in Boston since he had a seizure on Saturday, will likely need chemotherapy and radiation therapy to treat the glioma.
