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Calif. stem cell agency fights for life
Feb 26 2006 10:55PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The future of embryonic stem cell research could be shaped in a suburban courtroom where two taxpayer groups are challenging the legality of California's new agency dedicated to the controversial field.
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Museum of medical oddities likely moving
Feb 26 2006 9:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - On one shelf rests a giant hair ball that filled the stomach of a 12-year-old girl who compulsively chewed her hair. Floating in a nearby glass container is a young man's leg that ballooned in size because of elephantiasis.
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Bird flu virus kills 15 swans in France
Feb 26 2006 9:08PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has killed 15 wild swans in southeastern France, agriculture officials said Sunday, raising fears the lethal strain could spread in the European Union's leading producer of poultry.
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Alternative remedies fail government tests
Feb 26 2006 9:07PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - For years, millions of Americans have spent billions of dollars on alternative remedies with unproven effects. Now, rigorous science is starting to test those treatments and mostly finds them lacking.
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