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Japan, China may join hands to rescue crested ibis (Reuters)

TOKYO (Reuters) – Diplomatic ties between Japan and China are often fraught but in a sign of a recent thaw, the Asian neighbours could cooperate to save an endangered species of bird. Chinese President Wen Jiabao is likely to announce the gift of several Chinese crested ibises when he meets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe […]

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Sensory Nerve Discovery In Diabetes Opens Door To New Treatment Strategies

Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the University of Calgary and The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine have found that diabetes is controlled by abnormalities in the sensory nociceptor (pain-related) nerve endings in the pancreatic islet cells that produce insulin. This discovery, a breakthrough that has long been the elusive goal of diabetes […]