Scientists have changed a pancreas cell into an insulin-producing cell, a breakthrough that could ultimately shift treatment options for a variety of diseases away from stem cells.

The Harvard University scientists who developed the technique believe that someday doctors might be able to treat diseases like diabetes, Parkinson's disease and heart disease using the patient's own cells without turning to stem cells taken from embryos

A new bird flu vaccine developed by Novavax from insect cell cultures has shown favorable results by spurring an immune response in the second stage of the human clinical trials.

The Rockville, MD-based developer has been pursuing a partnership with General Electric to advance a new flu vaccine that could be swiftly produced in large quantities. The company uses new technology that can cut to 10 to 12 weeks the time it takes to manufacture vaccines. This is half the time required to make egg-based vaccines

One person has died and dozens here are sick after being infected with what appears to be E. coli. At least 10 people were taken to a Tulsa hospital after eating at a restaurant.

Oklahoma State Health Department spokeswoman Leslea Bennett-Webb announced that 12 to 20 other people in Beggs, Pryor and Bixby were treated at various other hospitals. The Oklahoma Health Department says up to two dozen people have been treated and released at other hospitals in northeastern Oklahoma

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Public Health Agency of Canada announced Saturday that it has traced the deadly listeriosis outbreak in Ontario to a Maple Leaf food processing plant in Toronto.

The announcement by health officials prompted the food company to heighten its recall of meat products. Maple Leaf also issued a public apology for the outbreak

Two more people have died from listeriosis in Ontario, raising to three the number of deaths from the food-borne listeria bacteria in Canada.

In a press conference Friday, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed that a woman who lived in a retirement home in St. Catharines died in July from the bacterial infection and an elderly woman in Waterloo met the same fate. The first recorded listeriosis fatality was a woman from Hamilton