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 Plant Information - October 8, 2008
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Jacob Cherian - All Headline News Contributor Minsk, Belarus (AHN)-- Surgeons have performed a unique operation transplanting a rabbit's thyroid gland tissue to a human patient | | New York, NY (AHN)- There's mixed news from a new report on air quality. While efforts to control air pollution from power plants are paying off, too many cities still have excessive air pollution | | Plants thought to help treat or cure cancer, AIDS and malaria have been found in the endangered rainforests of Borneo, according to a report from the Swiss-based global conservation group WWF. According to a report, researchers at an Australian pharmaceutical firm have discovered a promising anti-cancer substance found in a Borneo shrub, while a chemical found in latex produced by a tree appears to be effective against the replication of HIV | | According to a new study by Venezuelan researchers, two strains of bacteria can prove to be the key to make beans flatulence-free. The researchers identified two bacteria, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum, which can be added to beans to minimize the distress caused by them, Marisela Granito of Simon Bolivar University in Caracas, Venezuela and colleagues reported | | Government scientists have linked exposure to certain chemicals used in flavoring foods to fatal lung disease. Bronchiolitis obliterans first emerged as a threat in 2000, when the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health was called to a southwest Missouri popcorn plant to investigate lung illnesses among workers | |
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