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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
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