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There are nearly 100 other known cancer predisposition genes.

UK tries out new model for gene testing in cancer patients

Monday 20 May 2013 17:42

Britain launched a research programme on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Hollywood star Angelina Jolie

UK tries out new model for gene testing in cancer patients

Monday 20 May 2013 17:42

Britain launched a research programme on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Hollywood star Angelina Jolie

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Yahoo! to buy Tumblr

Monday 20 May 2013 09:47

The board of Yahoo! has agreed to a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion

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Google's "Glass" - cool or creepy?

Saturday 18 May 2013 17:52

Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference

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Hong Kong launches first electric taxis

Saturday 18 May 2013 15:57

Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city's high levels of roadside pollution.

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Aids science at 30: ‘Cure’ now part of Lexicon

Saturday 18 May 2013 11:50

Big names in medicine are set to give an upbeat assessment of the war on Aids on Tuesday; 30 years after French researchers identified the virus that causes the disease.

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New X-ray machine to help locate bullet on poached rhinos

Friday 17 May 2013 18:11

A new technology, in the form of a portable X-ray machine, has been used to assist four wounded rhinos who survived a poaching incident in Limpopo.

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Scientists create human stem cells through cloning

Friday 17 May 2013 15:40

After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep.

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Hydrogen technology set to drive demand for platinum

Friday 17 May 2013 09:45

Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom say there's a significant market in the use of hydrogen fuel cell technology.

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Local telescope makes big revelation

Thursday 16 May 2013 14:23

South Africa's new radio telescope, KAT-7, has revealed giant outbursts from a binary star system.

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SA app wins international award: Report

Thursday 16 May 2013 13:45

A locally-developed internet application has won an international award in Florida, reports a South African newspaper on Thursday.

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