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Dogs detect breast cancer from bandage: researchers

Dogs can sniff out cancer from a piece of cloth which had touched the breast of a woman with a tumour, researchers said Friday, announcing the results of an unusual, but promising, diagnostic trial. With just six months of training, a pair of German Shep

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Human breast milk protein could wipe out superbugs

There are also hopes that the protein could be used to fight incurable diseases such as sickle cell disease.

'The findings reported in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Chemical Science said that after identifying the fragment researchers re-engineered it into a virus-like capsule. This was able to recognise and target specific bacteria damaging them on contact without affecting any surrounding human cells'

So basically if you breastfeed, you are a superhero.

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Everything We Know Is Wrong - BBC Radio 4

Most published science papers are untrue, but few ever get tested. Jolyon Jenkins reports.

46% of statistics are all made up on the spot.....
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