Impressive progress has been made in the treatment of haemophilia using gene therapy. Professor Katherine High, a leading researcher from Philadelphia USA, is examining the obstacles to successful gene therapy in human patients with haemophilia.

Scientists discovered that acupunture gives relief to Human Immuno Virus patients from bloating, cramping, and appetite lose, symptoms which are often caused by side effects of popular anti-HIV drugs.

Researchers from University of Tokyo, Japan have developed a flexible artificial skin that could give robots a humanlike sense of touch.

Could this end up being one of the most hilarious development in IT for a while? It seems that Apple is being made to sweat over its iPod technology after it emerged late last week that its lazy lawyers took so long to patent its phenomenally successful player that Microsoft beat them to it. The fallout could theoretically mean Apple has to pay up to $10 per device to (Dark Lord) Microsoft and with over 10 million of them sold to date… well, that would surely affect their bottomline.