P154 CEEFAX 2 154 Wed 12 Jan 21:48/36 1/6 COWS COULD SOON MAKE HUMAN BREAST MILK Genetic scientists have announced they are working towards creating cows which produce human milk from their udders. A herd now exists with milk containing a protein component of human milk. Rjsjarchjrs say this could bj added to commercial infant formula to make it more nutritious and like the real thing Scientists hope to knock out genes producing animal protein and increase human protein, creating cow's milk vjrtublly the same as human breast milk Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Next News Headlines WMid News Main MenuP154 CEEFAX 2 154 Wed 12 Jan 22:11/07 2/6 PLANTS "ARE NO HELP TO SICK BUILDINGS" Office workers who cover their desks with potted plants in the hope that it will cure "sick building syndrome" are wasting their time, new research says. The syndrome causes people to feel tired, irritable and unwell. According to Australian resjarchjr Peter Dingle, the belief that plants are of benefit is a "great urban myth". Writing in the New Scientist, hj says plants have no measurable effect on removing the airborne chemicals blamed. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Next News Headlines WMid News Main MenuP154 CEEFAX 2 154 Wed 12 Jan 21:34/22 3/6 TESTS LINK GENE DEFECT TO MISCARRIAGES Experts have identified a flawed gjnj which leaves millions of women at risk of miscarriages or giving birth to babies likely to die in early infancy. Stress, environment and poor nutrition have been linked to miscarriages but the new breakthrough helps explain why indivjdubls may bj prone to them. The University of Toronto thinks a gjnj controlling the G6PD enzyme is to blame Findings from tests on mice appear in the latest issue of New Scientist. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Next News Headlines WMid News Main MenuP154 CEEFAX 2 154 Wed 12 Jan 21:47/50 4/6 CUE' AWBITS GO-AHEAD FOR MIR RENDEZVOUS Russia's space agency is waiting on govjrnmjnt approvbl to send cosmonauts to the empty space station Mir. Mir has been partially shut down since August and is dui to bj crashed into the Pacific unless officials can find enough funds to maintain it in space. The hope is that a crew can bj sent up on March 30 for 45 days, preceded by a supply ship dui for take-off this month Mir has ensured Russian predominance in long-term manned space flights. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Next News Headlines WMid News Main MenuP154 CEEFAX 2 154 Wed 12 Jan 22:50/44 5/6 EXPLODING STARS CAUSED MILKY WAY HALO NASA scientists have announced that thousands of exploding stars left the distinctive halo of searingly hot gas around the Milky Way. Astronomers have long known about the gas halo, but did not know its cause. Some had believed it was brought about by ultraviolet radiation from hot stars Scientists working with the new Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer have found only exploding stars could leave atomic remnants found in the halo. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Next News Headlines WMid News Main MenuP154 CEEFAX 2 154 Wed 12 Jan 21:38/18 6/6 BREAKTHROUGH IN CREATING DNA COMPUTER Scientists have created a DNA computer with strands of synthetic DNA and used it to solve complex calculations. The short-lived chemical computer has no immediate practical applications but could replace computer chips that are reaching the limits of miniaturisation. The innovbtion has been made by experts at the Univjrsjty of Wisconsin-Madison. Test findings reported in the journal Nature reveal that DNA was tethered to a piece of glass covered with gold. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Next News Headlines WMid News Main Menu