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Synthetic biology breakthrough Geneticist Dr Craig Venter was integral to the sequencing of the human genome. Now he claims to have made a breakthrough in his long-running bid to create synthetically generated cells – essentially, artificial life. The aim, he says, is to develop organisms designed with chemical, industrial even medical purposes in mind, an […]

Increasing mobile phone use has led to public concern about possible cancer risks.  The long-anticipated Interphone study is the largest, most comprehensive study on the risks to date, published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology. The 10-year study is an interview-based, case-control study of mobile phone use in adults and focuses on the two […]

The release of a 10-year WHO study into mobile phone use and brain cancer risk — Interphone — has led to massive international media coverage of the issue, with often contradictory headlines. Local media coverage: Radio NZ – Checkpoint: Brain tumour risk may increase among heavy cellphone users DomPost: Phone study fails to rule out […]

A feature by Herald writer Chris Barton on the soon to be released Interphone study looking at a possible link between cell phone use and brain cancer. An excerpt: (read in full here) “The report that many are hoping will clarify the picture is the final results paper of the Interphone study – a 20 […]