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The Food and Drug Administration is issuing regulatory letters to five genetic test makers, the first sign that the government is cracking down on companies that claim to use DNA samples to predict inheritable diseases.

In a surprise result that can help in the understanding of both aging and cancer, researchers working with an engineered type of stem cell said they reversed the aging process in a rare genetic disease.

Washing your hands in hospitals can actually make you more likely to pick up infections, according to a leading bacteriologist.

The entire genetic codes of two common types of cancer have been cracked, according to scientists, who say the breakthrough could unlock a new era in the treatment of deadly diseases.

Global Humanitarian Forum, led by Annan, states that global warming already leading to mass deaths as result of disease, malnutrition.

The foreclosure crisis has emptied neighborhoods with once-gleaming pools, now sitting caked with algae, infested with mosquitoes. The problem has grown so dire, environmental health specialists in Western states have turned to mosquitofish to police the stagnant waters; for the little silvery creatures a batch of larvae is like a prime-rib buffet.

South Korean scientists say they have engineered four beagles that glow red using cloning techniques that could help develop cures for human diseases.