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An implanted vaccine eliminated melanoma tumors in mice, offering hope of improved treatment for people with skin cancer, U.S. researchers said. Using polymer disks the size of a fingernail containing tumor-specific antigens, researchers at Harvard University said they reprogrammed the...

Former caretaker prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi breathed his last at the St Marry Hospital in London on Friday after a protracted illness...He will be laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Naushero Feroze. Born on August 14, 1931,...

Updated November 18, 2009 Court Filing Suggests Philadelphia Top Cop Lied About D.C. In a sworn affidavit filed in D.C. federal court, a veteran city detective claims he was standing a few feet away from former Police Chief Charles Ramsey...

Surge in swine flu among UK children may lead to intensive care bed crisis Warning from academics comes as Department of Health figures show sharp fall in number of new cases in youngsters The UK could run out of intensive...

Food and Drug Administration is holding off on its review of Lumizyme, a treatment for the rare muscular disorder Pompe disease, until drug maker Genzyme Corp. resolves manufacturing problems at its Allston plant. The Cambridge biotechnology firm said it is...

Now the renaming of another august institution has provoked a wave of resentment from its supporters. Academics at the University of Cambridge are furious that officials are offering to alter the library’s title in exchange for cash. “At this rate,...

An angry man threw a boot at former Australian prime minister John Howard during a debate at Britain's Cambridge University, the quick-thinking student who caught the shoe said on Thursday. Andrew Chapman, a senior officer at the Cambridge Union Society...

The National Heritage Memorial Fund's award to Cambridge University puts it closer to raising the £1.25m needed to permanently secure the collection. It includes a manuscript of Sassoon's statement refusing to return to duty after being wounded. The poet, whose...