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Thursday, 25 December 2008 at 4:16 pm Posted by smp

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Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 05:49 PM CST

Meredith L. Patterson, a computer programmer by day, conducts an experiment in the dining room of her San Francisco apartment on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. Patterson is among a new breed of techno rebels who want to put genetic engineering tools in the hands of anyone with a smart idea. Using homemade lab equipment and the wealth of scientific knowledge available online, these hobbyists are trying to create new life forms through genetic engineering - a field long dominated by Ph.D.s toiling in university and corporate laboratories. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)AP - The Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself.

Low death rate after obesity surgery in Sweden (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 03:40 PM CST

Reuters - Death rates soon after anti-obesity or "bariatric" surgery in Sweden are low, statistics show.

Drug adherence poor in women with urinary trouble (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 03:32 PM CST

Reuters - The odds are high that a woman who is prescribed an "anticholinergic" drug to relieve urinary incontinence or other lower urinary tract symptom will discontinue the medication not long after starting it, a study suggests. This is true regardless of the class of medication used.

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Endometriosis (HealthDay)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 06:02 PM CST

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Endometriosis is a condition in which tissue that resembles uterine lining grows outside the uterus. Symptoms may include pain, infertility and very heavy periods.

Surgery improves kidney cancer survival: study (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 03:35 PM CST

Reuters - Surgical removal of the kidney -- a procedure known as nephrectomy -- improves survival in patients with locally advanced renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer.

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