US scientists say they have found a new target to beat breast cancer - male sex hormones, or androgens. The University of Colorado team discovered that many breast cancers possess androgen receptors on their surface, and that male hormones like testosterone fuel the tumour's growth.
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People with apple-shaped bodies have an increased risk of harmful high blood pressure in their kidneys, scientists have found. Individuals with fat concentrated around their waist were already known to be extra prone to kidney disease. But the reason why was unclear.
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The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) in its continuous quest to complement its operations and build its airlift capability as a strategy to enhance military effectiveness in support of United Nation and African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Africa has acquired a new range of aircraft to its fleet; a Boeing 737-500 series for airlifting troops.
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The Federal Government plans to spend N3bn on the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway this year. The amount, according information obtained from the website of the Budget Office of the Federation, has been provided for in the 2013 budget. A breakdown of the figure shows that N1.5bn is earmarked for the first section of the road from Lagos to the Sagamu Interchange, while the balance is for the other section from the interchange to Ibadan.
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A Pentagon intelligence assessment suggesting North Korea may have the ability to deliver a nuclear weapon on a missile has set off a flurry in Washington, with top officials trying to play down concerns about the capabilities of the Pyongyang regime. The Pentagon's intelligence arm has assessed with "moderate confidence" that North Korea has the ability to deliver a nuclear weapon with a ballistic missile, though the reliability is believed to be "low."
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Embattled Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Chibuike Amaechi, has debunked speculations that he is quitting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the coalition of merging opposition parties in the face of the challenges he is facing with the presidency.
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Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have foiled a plot to smuggle 40.255kg of methamphetamine to South Africa aboard a South African Airline. DailyPost gathered that the consignment was detected at the cargo section of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
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The debate about human ancestry has heated up with the publication of six reports about two-million-year-old fossil remains found near Johannesburg. The studies published in the journal Science show the species Australopithecus sediba had a mixture of apelike and humanlike features. The findings were based on partial skeletons of a younger male and a female, along with an adult shinbone discovered at the Malapa cave in 2008.
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Four Japanese automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co, are recalling 3.4 million vehicles sold around the world because airbags supplied by Takata Corp are at risk of catching fire or injuring passengers. The move announced on Thursday is the largest recall ever for airbags made by Takata, the world's second-largest supplier of airbags and seatbelts. Shares of Takata, which first learned of the issue in October 2011, tumbled almost 10 percent in Tokyo trading.
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Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney sang about races living "in perfect harmony" back in 1982, comparing the blend to keys on a piano in "Ebony and Ivory," a tune that hit No. 1 with relatively little controversy. But the latest attempt by a white and black singer to talk about racial issues is stirring up a lot of hate -- for the song and its singers.
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