Around 120,000 Britons suffer from Crohn's disease, a debilitating bowel disorder. Now, a pioneering adult stem cell treatment offers the hope of a cure. Tristan Martin, 21, a student from Devon, was one of the first to undergo the procedure.
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May 11th, 2010
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May 11th, 2010
For the hospital sonographer, it's just another routine 20-week ultrasound scan. The baby is developing perfectly and, helpfully, is lying in the right position to make identification of its gender straightforward. '
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May 11th, 2010
People will simply choose to end their own lives in the future, when anti-ageing drugs that could extend lifespans by many years become commonplace, according to an expert on longevity.
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May 11th, 2010
A sign that paganism has come of age is that there are now lapsed pagans ? heretics who resort to scientific explanations for phenomena formerly attributed to the supernatural.
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May 11th, 2010
Pagan Police officers have now gained the right, as we report in today?s paper, to take their festivals off work as official holidays, a phenomenon analysed here by our religion correspondent Ruth Gledhill. But what, exactly, will your local Pagan PC be up to on his pagan holiday?
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May 11th, 2010
The scouts have launched an urgent recruitment drive targeted at Britain's Muslim community.
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May 11th, 2010
In the second part of a series on the conflicts facing Muslims in Europe, the BBC's Islamic affairs analyst, Roger Hardy, discovers strains between younger and older Muslims in Glasgow.
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May 11th, 2010
A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was assaulted as furious protesters interrupted his university lecture about the limits of free speech.
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May 11th, 2010
Plans for a crackdown on lap dancing clubs will be backed by the Scottish Government, the Justice Secretary said today.
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May 11th, 2010
A Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Mohammed enraged many Muslims, was attacked while giving a lecture about freedom of speech.