Pet dogs that develop cancer can now receive experimental anti-cancer drugs before they become available for humans
NewScientist.com
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Oct 09
Sick American dogs get first shot at cancer drugs
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Oct 09
Sick American dogs get first shot at cancer drugs
Pet dogs that develop cancer can now receive experimental anti-cancer drugs before they become available for humans
12
Oct 09
Sick American dogs get first shot at cancer drugs
Pet dogs that develop cancer can now receive experimental anti-cancer drugs before they become available for humans
12
Oct 09
Sick American dogs get first shot at cancer drugs
Pet dogs that develop cancer can now receive experimental anti-cancer drugs before they become available for humans
12
Oct 09
Hole on a stick aims to reinvent the desktop fan
A novel design whips up a cooling breeze without the need for fan blades, but the gadget comes with an eye-popping price tag
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Oct 09
A single shot to keep blindness at bay
Sight-saving drugs could one day be given without repeated injections into the eye, by temporarily breaching the blood-retina barrier
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Oct 09
Asteroid isn’t just a dry heap of rubble
Two teams have found evidence of water ice on the asteroid 24 Themis – the find suggests asteroids could have delivered some water to the early Earth
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Oct 09
Madagascar biodiversity under threat as gangs run wild
Since a military coup forced the president to resign in March, loggers and bushmeat traders have rushed to exploit the country’s rich biodiversity
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Oct 09
Today on New Scientist: 12 October 2009
Today’s stories on newscientist.com, at a glance, including: how to make a fusion reactor, the advantages to your brain of juggling, and the first vegetarian spider
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Oct 09
Virgin Galactic adds satellite launches to space tourism
Flight tests confirm that Virgin’s launch craft WhiteKnightTwo could carry satellites as well as tourists
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Oct 09
Stretch and squeeze – a stress ball computer interface
Japanese researchers have produced an LCD-based touch device that responds when you pinch, pull or push objects made from transparent rubber
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Oct 09
Vegetarian spider is Gandhi of arachnids
It may have eight legs and four eyes, but this little guy prefers a vegetarian diet to flies and critters
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Oct 09
Crystal is one-way street for microwaves
New photonic crystal acts like a diode for radiation and could form new components for optical computers
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Oct 09
Baby dinosaur made tracks as it fled for its life
The tiniest dinosaur footprints ever found were probably made by a 10-centimetre-tall hatchling running from its egg to find a hiding place
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Oct 09
Big banks, big pharma, big problems
It’s time to “liberate” the pharmaceutical industry’s cash mountain. Give some to the universities – they can make better use of it, argues John Martin




























