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Donors hope plastinated bodies educate

DALLAS (AP) Stace Owens has no intention of leaving this world when he dies. He plans to stick around for decades or longer, preserved in plastic and displayed in a museum or medical school.
The 33-year-old real estate agent from Dallas is among more than 7,000 people who have agreed to donate their bodies […]

Celgene to acquire Pharmion

The biotechnology company Celgene said Sunday that it would pay $2.9 billion in cash and stock to acquire Pharmion, strengthening Celgenes cancer drug portfolio and its distribution in Europe.
It is one of the first big acquisitions for Celgene, a company most known for reviving the drug thalidomide, which caused birth defects in the 1950s […]

Study: Signs of autism show earlier in some children

Children with autism can be identified as early as 14 months old, the youngest age at which the disorder has been diagnosed, a study by researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore suggests.
But about half the time, symptoms may not show up until months later. That suggests at least two distinct paths leading […]

Cannabis compound ‘could halt breast cancer’

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A chemical found in cannabis may stop breast cancer spreading through the body say scientists. […]

Choice Tables | San Francisco: Expanding the Frontiers of the Vegetarian Plate

VEGETARIANISM is a simple idea don’t eat animals with an ancient pedigree. According to the «topics.nytimes.com» Resource Group, 4.7 million American adults are vegetarians or vegans (people who avoid all animal products, including cheese and eggs).
Yet even in «travel.nytimes.com», with its countercultural and fresh food traditions, only about one in a hundred […]