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Australian scientists in potential leukaemia breakthrough
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian scientists said Monday they had mapped a blood cell structure which could hold the key to improved drug treatments for diseases such as leukaemia, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Barrier Reef ‘no-take’ zones see leap in fish numbersThe controversial move to halt fishing across large areas of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has seen a huge revival in coral trout populations |
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Australian Cemetery Going GreenAdelaide, SA, Australia - An Australian cemetery will plant a tree for each burial or cremation it conducts to offset carbon emissions, its chief executive said Monday. |
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Australia to Train Aboriginal DoctorsCanberra, ACT, Australia - Australia committed $17 million on Thursday to train Aboriginal nurses and doctors, as part of efforts to close a 17-year gap in the life expectancies of indigenous and other Australians. |
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Best Use of Plastic BagsLondon, England, UK - What better use of plastic bags than knitting them into something useful? |
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‘I’m so grateful for getting shot out of the sky’Bialla, Papua New Guinea - The Japanese fighter caught the American pilot from behind, riddling his plane with machine-gun rounds. The left engine burst into flames. It was time to bail out. |
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Solar Powered Car to Hit Streets in TaiwanTaipei, Taiwan - It started out as a Taiwanese entry in the Australian World Solar Challenge and was scaled up. |
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Hero miner asked to be godfather of child he savedGogango, Queensland, Australia - The hero miner who risked his life to save a mother and her baby from raging floodwaters near Rockhampton last week has been asked to be the child's godfather. |
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Australian scientists in Lou Gehrig’s disease breakthrough
Sydney -
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scientists Friday said they have discovered a gene
abnormality responsible for the crippling condition known as
Lou Gehrig's disease, which causes gradual paralysis in sufferers.
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Algae-in-a-vat may power the futureBrisbane, Queensland, Australia - Genetically modified green algae could one day produce stored energy in the form of hydrogen gas, say Australian researchers, fuelling a hydrogen economy. |
news from Oceania
- Australian scientists in potential leukaemia breakthrough
- Barrier Reef ‘no-take’ zones see leap in fish numbers
- Pilots run out of fuel, pray, land near Jesus sign
- Australian Cemetery Going Green
- Australia to Train Aboriginal Doctors
- Best Use of Plastic Bags
- ‘I’m so grateful for getting shot out of the sky’
- Solar Powered Car to Hit Streets in Taiwan
- Dolphin rescues stranded whales: conservation official
- Family First Launches Family Dinner Campaign
