STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Doctors predict that spray-on skin cells will be used as a common form of sore treatment in the Swedish healthcare system within a few years.
SYDNEY, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Australian infants with a severe form of epilepsy risk having their diagnoses delayed because of a company's patent on a key gene, a hospital official says.
LONDON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- British twins Samantha and Jennifer Bennett are flashing chubby-cheek smiles, acting like happy babies these days after pioneering surgery, their parents say.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The European Commission has accused drug companies of blocking the entry of cheaper generic drugs into Europe, adding billions to the cost of medicine.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- High-tech heart scans fail in some cases to detect artery blockages and at other times can misidentify blockages that don't exist, a study found.
BOSTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Harvard researchers report finding a new clue into the reason for aging in a minor ingredient of red wine and its role in activating a protein.
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Virginia says it plans to refuse crab license renewals for 800 fishermen who did not catch any crabs between 2004 and 2007.
COEVORDEN, Netherlands, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Excavations in the Netherlands have uncovered 30 coins that date back to the 15th century, archaeologists say.
LONDON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The Royal Society of Chemistry in Britain said the public school system is failing science students due to an erosion of standards on science tests.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Sandcastle worms using their natural glue as a binder for their homes are a model for University of Utah researchers creating a synthetic version for humans
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The sea slug is a bit of a chameleon, behaving more like a plant instead of the mollusk it is, Texas A&M University researchers found.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- High nitrate levels in water from parts of the Seymour Aquifer in Texas may make it unfit for human consumption but just right for irrigation, researchers said.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Ocean waters are growing more acidic faster than previously thought and pose a threat sea life, researchers from the University of Chicago said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A wreck found off the coast of East Caicos in the Turks and Caicos Islands has been identified as the slave ship Trouvadore, maritime archaeologists said.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Storm watchers say this year's U.S. hurricane season was typical with one exception: Hurricane Ike, which showed how misleading labeling hurricanes can be.
BEIJING, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- China's "Green Great Wall" forest project could become a model that could help mitigate environmental disasters, researchers say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army, as part of its suicide prevention program, is using an interactive video to encourage soldiers to seek help to cope with war-related stress.
BOSTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The South African government could have prevented thousands of premature, AIDS-related deaths if it had provided antiretroviral drugs, a U.S. study says.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Steroid inhalers, commonly prescribed for people with pulmonary disease, can increase the risk of pneumonia, U.S. researchers said.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Doctors in Oklahoma said they are hopeful they can successfully separate the first conjoined twins born in the state in 22 years.
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Six-in-10 Americans say they want to lose weight but a Gallup Poll released Wednesday indicates only 30 percent really try to do so.
LONDON, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- British amateur astronomers say they have a new challenge -- spotting an astronaut's lost tool bag orbiting the Earth, to be visible until early next month.
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- University of Utah researchers say they've created synthetic sea worm glue that has potential for use in repairing shattered bones.
President Barack Obama shares a laugh with author with Toni Morrison after awarding her a Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
