GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, March 19 (UPI) -- A Canadian terror suspect in Guantanamo Bay said his interrogators threatened him with rape, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) -- The Pentagon renewed its formal charges of terror-related murder against the only Canadian held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 5 (UPI) -- Lawyers for John Walker Lindh, the California man known as "The American Taliban," asked U.S. President George Bush to commute Lindh's 20-year sentence.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The National Human Genome Research Institute Wednesday awarded more than $13 million to speed the development of DNA sequencing technology.

ST. LOUIS, June 1 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have conducted a year-long experiment analyzing trillions of microbes that reside in the human large intestine.

British researchers find the amount of alcohol people consume may be related to genetic make-up, altering a single gene can produce major changes in the skeletal armor of stickleback fish, and other genetic research news.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis say the micro-organisms that normally live in the stomach can increase body fat.

NEW YORK, July 30 (UPI) -- Israeli scientists say concentrated sunlight could burn away tumors and other dangerous growths, much as laser surgery does now, but at only a fraction of the cost.

Long-term estrogen therapy may worsen memory loss in women with Alzheimer's; non-prescription decorative lenses may pose health risks, and other news of modern health.