Government probes chelation-heart disease study

The largest alternative medicine study the government has ever launched has stopped enrolling people while officials investigate whether participants were fully informed of the risks and are being adequately protected, The Associated Press has learned.

Scientists pinpoint genetic driver of narcolepsy

PARIS (AFP) - Scientists in Japan have identified a genetic mutation linked to narcolepsy, a disease that can cause someone to doze off in mid-sentence or behind the wheel of a car, a study released Sunday reports.

Tests start on pill that could lengthen millions of lives

A drug that combines four different medicines and could halve deaths from heart attacks and stroke around the globe will enter human trials this week in London.

Plant Tweak Could Let Toxic Soil Feed Millions

Thanks to a genetic breakthrough, a large portion of Earth's now-inhospitable soil could be used to grow crops -- potentially alleviating one of the most pressing problems facing the planet's rapidly growing population.

'Safer' test developed for Down's

Scientists say they have developed a safer blood test that can tell a women if her unborn baby has Down's syndrome.

Invasive procedures currently used risk miscarriage and damage to the foetus.