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DECEMBER 2001

This section features key science stories from The Daily Telegraph's online news service at www.telegraph.co.uk during December 2001. Click on the links for the full story.

New drug 'reduces symptoms of colds'
MILLIONS of people struck down every year by runny noses and sore throats may finally have more than Vitamin C to turn to in their fight against the common cold.

19 Dec 2001

Did life get a boost from a big freeze?
That is one implication of a theory that has triggered a global debate, says Roger Highfield

19 Dec 2001

Science shorts
A round up of the rest of the week's science stories

19 Dec 2001

Link to polio vaccine is ruled out in CJD 'cluster'
SCIENTISTS investigating a suspected CJD cluster in Southampton have ruled out links with a polio vaccine given to two victims before they developed the disease.

18 Dec 2001

Cancer in children is on the increase
CHILDHOOD cancers such as leukaemia and brain tumours are becoming more common, according to a study published today.

18 Dec 2001

Only 25 similar cases have been recorded
LORD WINSTON, Britain's leading fertility expert, said yesterday that ovulating after a first conception was an extremely rare condition.

18 Dec 2001

Mother in double pregnancy gives birth to daughter
AN Italian woman who became pregnant with one child and then conceived triplets three months later has given birth to a daughter.

18 Dec 2001

Ultrasound safety review over brain damage fears
THE safety of ultrasound scans on pregnant women is to be reviewed by an international medical panel following evidence that the process may damage babies' brains.

16 Dec 2001

Back from brink patients 'prove the soul exists'
NEW evidence that patients whose hearts stop beating can experience a form of afterlife is to be published this week, supporting the view that the mind - or soul - can survive death.

09 Dec 2001

Orang-utans can swing both ways
A SCIENTIST has observed homosexual behaviour in wild orang-utans for the first time, adding the great apes to the long list of animals that take part in same sex relationships.

08 Dec 2001

Fat cells linked to heart disease
EXCESS levels of the stress hormone cortisol in fat cells could be a major cause of heart disease for people who pile on the pounds around their stomachs, scientists report today.

07 Dec 2001

New folic acid claim
PREGNANT women who take iron and folic acid supplements may reduce the risk of their unborn baby developing leukaemia later in life.

07 Dec 2001

DNA pioneer's papers are bought for Britain
FRANCIS CRICK, the scientist who with James Watson unlocked the secret of DNA, has sold his scientific archive to Britain for £1.8 million.

06 Dec 2001

Mobiles meet primal urge to gossip
MOBILE phones reunite us with a primitive instinct to communicate with allies, friends and family that was honed in the Stone Age.

05 Dec 2001

Feasting on the body of King Midas
The tombs of the Ancient World are still yielding up secrets-from bacteria to chemistry-and giving their occupants a kind of immortality. By Roger Highfield.

05 Dec 2001

Imagine a trillion laptops in every drop of water
The next generation of computers will be made of DNA, and will be able to fit into one human cell. Roger Highfield reports.

05 Dec 2001

Ancient embalmers had a thorough grasp of chemistry
By David Derbyshire

05 Dec 2001

90pc of child cancer patients live to be adults
NINETY per cent of children successfully treated for cancer survive into adulthood, and with fewer side-effects, because of more effective care, doctors said yesterday.

04 Dec 2001