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Pharma group probes launch of female sex drive drug

Flibanserin started as an anti-depressant, but after women in clinical trials reported an increased libido, the German pharma group Boehringer Ingelheim began preparing the launch of the "female Viagra." »

 
 
The magnet core of the LHC

Research

CERN restarts big bang machine

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, has restarted the machine scientists hope will recreate the conditions that led to the big bang. »

 
 
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Health

Experts defend scientific community over claims of swine flu exaggeration

Health and scientific organizations deny claims that the swine flu threat has been exaggerated as the number of global infections and deaths from the H1N1 virus begin to slow down. »

 
 
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Health

Munich doctor uses pig skin to help breast cancer survivors

A mastectomy can oftentimes leave a patient both physically and emotionally scarred. But with a new method of breast reconstruction currently being tested in Munich, this no longer has to be the case. »

 
 
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Research

Patents are crucial to embryonic stem cell research, scientist says

Patents offer the economic guarantees scientists and companies need to develop new treatments, Oliver Bruestle told Deutsche Welle. He's at the center of a German court battle surrounding embryonic stem cell research. »

 
 
An image of the Rosetta spacecraft aproaching the Earth

Space

European spacecraft uses Earth as a slingshot on way to comet

The European spacecraft Rosetta has passed by Earth for the last time, using the planet's gravitational pull to propel itself farther along its 7.1 billion kilometer journey to join a comet in the outer Solar System. »

 
 

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