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Science News

These stories on Google's news site caught my eye this morning:

AidsVax fails to prevent HIV spread - The US manufacturer has admitted reported, upon the failure of Thailand's Phase III trial of this prevention vaccine, that it doesn't work. Not very good news considering the threat of the epidemic expanding in the Middle East and North Africa.

Diabetes is potentially 'reversible' (this one's for you, Natalie!) - "Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said they had reversed the disease in mice by injecting them with spleen cells from healthy animals." It's a long way from mice to humans but this is pretty positive news anyway.

Okay, just what the hell are we doing celebrating the creation of an artificial virus? Don't we have enough problems with the real ones?

Just thought I'd throw this one in - If you haven't caught any episodes of The Elegant Universe yet, do yourself a favor and check your local listings. I'm finding it way neat stuff.