Lab grows heart muscle from skin
Scientists in Israel say they have managed to turn patients' own skin cells into heart muscle in the lab. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)

Fake, Poor Quality Malaria Drugs Threaten Progress
Up to 42% of anti-malaria drugs available across Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are poor quality or fake, resulting in drug resistance and inadequate treatment that threatens vulnerable populations and to undermine the huge progress made in recent years, according to a new study published online in The Lancet Infectious Diseases this week. The study was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where co-author Dr Joel Breman is Senior Scientist Emeritus... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)