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Saturday 4 April 2015

Personal cancer vaccine research 'exciting' say experts

Vaccine preparation
Researchers prepare the vaccine for patients
Tailor-made cancer vaccines that target unique genetic errors in a patient's tumour have been developed in the US.
Safety tests on three people, published in the journal Science, showed the immune system could be trained to fight skin cancers.
The American team say the early results mark a "significant step" towards personalised cancer vaccines.

Friday 3 April 2015

Monkeys 'hinder India internet drive'

Monkeys 'hinder India internet drive'

Macaque monkeys are considered sacred by Hindus, who often feed them
Macaque monkeys appear to have become an unlikely roadblock in the development of internet services in the northern Indian city of Varanasi.
The authorities in Varanasi have been increasing the network of optical fibre cables as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan of improving internet services in India.