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Human 'cloning' makes embryonic stem cells
A form of cloning has been used to create personalised embryonic stem cells in humans, say researchers. Genetic material was taken from an adult skin cell and transferred into a human egg. This was grown to produce an early embryo. Stem cells have huge potential in medicine as they can transform into any other cell type in the body. However, the stem cells formed contained chromosomes from both the adult and the egg cells.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15181015
Green tea can slow down weight gain - even if you're already fat
If you want to ease the effects of fatty food on your waistline, it might pay to put the red wine to one side and wash your meals down with green tea. A compound in the drink, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), significantly slows down weight gain associated with a high-fat diet, a study found. Obese mice on a fatty diet that were given EGCG gained weight 45 per cent more slowly than a control group eating the same food without the green-tea supplement.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2045458/Green-tea-slow-weight-gain--youre-fat.html
Fall in heroin and crack cocaine users in treatment
The number of heroin and crack cocaine users needing treatment in England has fallen by 10,000 in two years.The National Treatment Agency for Substance Abuse said the number of adults that began treatment for the class A drugs fell from 62,963 in 2008/09 to 52,933 in 2010/11.The steepest decline was in the under-30 age group.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15195152
A form of cloning has been used to create personalised embryonic stem cells in humans, say researchers. Genetic material was taken from an adult skin cell and transferred into a human egg. This was grown to produce an early embryo. Stem cells have huge potential in medicine as they can transform into any other cell type in the body. However, the stem cells formed contained chromosomes from both the adult and the egg cells.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15181015
Green tea can slow down weight gain - even if you're already fat
If you want to ease the effects of fatty food on your waistline, it might pay to put the red wine to one side and wash your meals down with green tea. A compound in the drink, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), significantly slows down weight gain associated with a high-fat diet, a study found. Obese mice on a fatty diet that were given EGCG gained weight 45 per cent more slowly than a control group eating the same food without the green-tea supplement.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2045458/Green-tea-slow-weight-gain--youre-fat.html
Fall in heroin and crack cocaine users in treatment
The number of heroin and crack cocaine users needing treatment in England has fallen by 10,000 in two years.The National Treatment Agency for Substance Abuse said the number of adults that began treatment for the class A drugs fell from 62,963 in 2008/09 to 52,933 in 2010/11.The steepest decline was in the under-30 age group.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15195152