Physicist cracks women's random but always lucky choice of X chromosome
Human males have both a X and a Y chromosome but females have two X chromosomes. This means that in an early stage in the development of a woman’s fertilised egg the cells need to silence one of those two X chromosomes. This pr...'Lucky 13' as new gene discovery offers further hope for childhood blindness
The finding, the thirteenth gene...37 times unlucky – Failure to Diagnose Cancer, Takes the Life of a 31 year old fathe
Can a perfect diagnosis elude a patient 37 times? In a pathetic culmination of a young father’s life, who’s left behind two really young children, died due to cancer of the kidney, after doctors missed the crucial diagnosis of cancer, not once or twice, but 37 times. // Peter Cura, a carpenter from Rainham ,was being examined many times over the last14 month period after suffering ex...Dengue takes on a feverish pitch, descends on additional unlucky 6
Islamabad: Six more people came down with acute symptoms of dengue, later confirmed positive for the fever, taking the toll of infected people// to an alarming figure of 741. Nearly 31 deaths have been confirmed with the latest casualty being a person from Peshawar. The National Institute of Health (NIH) has reiterated via a press release that samples from people with symptoms of the...Dotted All Over? - Count Yourself Lucky
According to researchers, the more number of blemishes or moles you have, the slower you age . Researchers at King's College London compared key ageing DNA with the number of moles in a study of 1,800 twins, at the Twin Research Unit of Kings College. They found that the more moles a person had, the more likely their DNA was to have the properties to fight off ageing. Cause for the...Vegas Couples Hope Sevens Will Be Lucky Wedding Day
By the time Terrence Balcita and Chevela Luong were joined as one at 9:30 am Saturday, Las Vegas was in full swing -- not enjoying blackjack or Wayne Newton, but that other Vegas specialty: the quickie wedding. "Every marriage needs a little luck to go with the love." Balcita said. Couples tied the knot in chapels all over the city Saturday, eager to enjoy a 7/7/07 we...