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   Alzheimer vaccine may be modified
A new study suggests it may be possible to modify an experimental vaccine for Alzheimer's disease, making it safe for humans. The vaccine was withdrawn earlier this year because of side effects in test subjects.


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New way to heal the brain?
An injection of embryonic stem cells helped brain-injured mice perform markedly better on physical tasks but did not improve their cognitive ability, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have learned.

Receptor Reveals the Taste of Bitter Almonds
German researchers have isolated the cellular structures--known as receptors--that enable the tongue to detect certain, potentially deadly bitter-tasting substances.

WHO Raises Smoking Death Toll, Urges Tobacco Treaty
The World Health Organization on Friday urged countries to reach a global deal on curbing tobacco use, warning that hundreds of thousands more were dying each year from smoking than previously thought.

Officials debate smallpox vaccine
It's one thing to offer a risky, possibly deadly, smallpox vaccine. It's another to urge people to take it.

WHO raises tobacco death estimates
The World Health Organization raised its estimate of smoking-related deaths today, saying 4.9 million people die each year and warning that its projection of 10 million deaths annually by 2030 was too low.

Gene-therapy trial may aid Parkinson's patients
A new form of gene therapy offers hope of easing - perhaps even reversing - the debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have found.


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