Medical research

Medical research

• Longer tamoxifen use cuts breast cancer deaths

  Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 ... 

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  Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plate

  Salmon that's been genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal could soon show up on your dinner plate. That is, if the company that makes ... 

• New Alzheimer's drug studies offer patients hope

  For Alzheimer's patients and their families, desperate for an effective treatment for the epidemic disease, there's hope from new studies starting up ... 

• Court to decide if human genes can be patented

  The Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether companies can patent human genes, a decision that could reshape medical research in the ... 

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  Wired SKorea to stem digital addiction from age 3

  Park Jung-in, an 11-year-old South Korean, sleeps with her Android smartphone instead of a teddy bear. When the screen beams with a morning alarm, she ...