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  • July 2008

    • Cops Probe 'Horrific' London Murder of French Students

      BBC  |  Jul 4, 08 5:32 AM CDT

      Cops Probe 'Horrific' London Murder of French Students

      (Newser) - Scotland Yard detectives are investigating the "frenzied" murder of two French research students in their flat on a quiet London street, the BBC reports. The biochemistry students were tied up and stabbed a total of 243 times before being set alight. A man was seen running from the building after an explosion. More »

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      murder  • London  • torture  • arson  • stabbing  • Imperial College London

  • May 2008

    • Fat Cell Numbers Don't Bulge: Study

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 5, 08 7:44 AM CDT

      Fat Cell Numbers Don't Bulge: Study

      (Newser) - The number of fat cells is set for a lifetime in childhood, a new study indicates. The latest research into obesity reveals fundamental new insights into why some people become fat and why it is so hard for overweight people to keep excess pounds off—even after a successful diet, reports the Daily Telegraph. New findings suggest the number of fat cells in a person remains the same even after weight is lost. More »

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      obesity  • Imperial College London  • fat cells  • Pasteur Institute

  • April 2008

    • Blood Pressure Drugs Cut Elderly Death Rate

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 1, 08 10:13 AM CDT

      Blood Pressure Drugs Cut Elderly Death Rate

      (Newser) - Death rates, heart attacks, and strokes among people over 80 can be cut significantly by common blood pressure medication rarely given to older people, finds a new large-scale study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine . The study found death rates among the elderly could be cut 21% and heart attacks by 64%, reports the Guardian . More »

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      heart attack  • hypertension  • eldercare  • geriatric medicine  • Imperial College London

  • February 2008

    • Of Mice and Men, and a Cure for Colds

      Independent (UK)  |  Feb 4, 08 9:16 AM CST

      Of Mice and Men, and a Cure for Colds

      (Newser) - Scientists have managed to give a mouse a cold. May not sound like a huge deal, but it is: One reason a cure for the common cold has been so elusive is that until now, only primates have been infected with rhinoviruses, which cause them. Now a team at Imperial College, London, has succeeded in infecting genetically modified mice with rhinoviruses, the Independent reports. More »

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      common cold  • mice  • Imperial College London

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