| Physicists in Arizona State University have designed a laser technique Treatment which can destroy viruses and bacteria such as AIDS without damaging human cells and may also help reduce the spread of hospital infections such as MRSA. Current UV treatment can cause ageing of the skin, damage to the DNA or skin cancer and are not very effective.Femtosecond laser pulses, through a process called Impulsive Stimulated Raman Scattering (ISRS), produces lethal vibrations in the protein coat of microorganisms - destroying them. You can compare this effect to the high-pitched noise that shatters glass.The
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| A single joint of cannabis raises the risk of schizophrenia by more than 40 per cent, a disturbing study warns. The Government-commissioned report has also found that taking the drug regularly more than doubles the risk of serious mental illness. Overall, cannabis could be to blame for one in seven cases of schizophrenia and other life-shattering mental illness.
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| A 19-month-old boy whose terminal illness started a contentious legal and ethical debate over who decides when life-sustaining treatment should cease has died.Emilio Gonzales died in his mother's arms Saturday night at Children's Hospital of Austin, Texas.Emilio, who had been on a respirator since December, was believed to have Leigh's disease, a progressive illness which destroys brain functions. His mother had fought in court to continue his medical care while doctors, saying there was no hope of recovery, sought to remove him from the machines keeping him alive.Doctors wanted to invoke
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| A terminally-ill woman is beginning a ground-breaking legal bid to force doctors to let her die.Kelly Taylor, 30, has been given less than a year to live, and will argue that medics are breaching human rights laws by refusing to provide treatment which will lead to her death.She is attempting to compel doctors to vastly increase her morphine dose to sedate her into a coma-like state. The morphine alone could kill Mrs Taylor, who is frail and endures constant pain.Physicians have refused to provide the treatment, saying it amounts to euthanasia."I have made the decision because enough is enough.
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