Gene therapy for a rare type of inherited blindness has improved the vision of four patients who tried it, boosting hopes for the troubled field of gene repair technology, scientists say.
Archive for April, 2008
Major blindness breakthrough
Posted by lisboninfo on April 29, 2008
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Katie is ‘jealous’ of Posh
Posted by lisboninfo on April 23, 2008
Los Angeles – Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham’s friendship has become “strained”, because of the singer’s new Hollywood friends.
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Calls to criminalise collusion
Posted by lisboninfo on April 21, 2008
Johannesburg – The SA Communist Party called on government to pass legislation that would criminalise food price fixing, the SABC reported on Sunday.
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Sept 11 attacks questioned
Posted by lisboninfo on April 16, 2008
Tehran – Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday reaffirmed his doubts about the accepted version of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, describing the strikes as a “suspect event”.
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Driver trapped at 213km/h arrested
Posted by lisboninfo on April 14, 2008
Metro police arrested 12 drivers allegedly speeding on the N1 North highway near the Olifantsfontein junction, Gauteng metro police said on Sunday.
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Businessman ‘groped’ taxi drivers
Posted by lisboninfo on April 9, 2008
Hong Kong – A high-profile Hong Kong businessman was on trial on Wednesday, accused of molesting male taxi drivers as they drove him home after nights out.
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Climate change impacts health
Posted by lisboninfo on April 7, 2008
Geneva – Turning sixty is usually a time to start winding down and think of retirement, but the World Health Organisation is using this milestone as a spur to its greatest challenge yet – climate change.
The WHO already warned three years ago that global warming was a key cause of up to 150 000 deaths and 5 million illnesses each year, be it from heat waves or the higher risk of natural disasters such as floods, droughts and typhoons.
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Callie’s Lee dies in Isidingo
Posted by lisboninfo on April 3, 2008
ohannesburg – Fans of the late actress Ashley Callie had to say goodbye to her after her gruesome car accident.This week they’ll also have to say goodbye to Lee (Leone) Haines, her character in the popular SABC3 soapie, Isidingo.
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Portugal In Sugar
Posted by lisboninfo on April 1, 2008
SCULPTURES of Portuguese monuments made from sugar and bread will be on display at the Continente supermarket in Portimão until Sunday.
Included in the sugar craft exhibition are sculptures of the Torre de Belém (Lisbon), the Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Lisbon) and the Templo de Diana (Évora).
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