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Study sheds light on deadly childhood cancer
Links the AURKA gene with a gene known to play a key role in neuroblastoma
Dutch study sheds light on virus that causes Sars
Dutch researchers have created a 3-D model of the hepatitis coronavirus
Milky Way is bigger than thought, study says
On a par with Andromeda, new calculations show
New reptiles found in Tanzania's shrinking rainforests
Seventeen new species including chameleons, tree frogs and snakes have been found in the South Nguru Mountains, an area under threat from deforestation
Bush to establish 3 marine monuments in Pacific
Covers an area of 505,775 sq km and includes the Mariana Trench, Rose Atoll in American Samoa and seven islands in the central Pacific Ocean