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4 July 2009

• Officials upbeat on eradication of saltmarsh mosquito

  Wairau spraying finished with no larvae seen for a year

• Biotech company opens unit to breed pigs for human transplants

  It is also considering using brain cells from neo-natal pigs in diseases such as Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases

• News release: Cost the key to accessing primary health care in NZ

  Study of over 18,000 people by the University of Otago Wellington

• Brazil wants C02 cuts based on historic emissions

  Opposes "carbon intensity" proposals that measure emissions per dollar of GDP because they favor bigger economies and risk allowing continued increases in global emissions as economies grow

• Global warming seems to be shrinking sheep

  As the climate has grown milder, small lambs that would not have survived previous harsh winters were now living to grow up and reproduce

• Problems with chelation study

  A federal investigation has found problems with a controversial study of an alternative medicine treatment for heart attack survivors

• Vatican should learn from Galileo mess, prelate says

  Necessary for today's Church leaders and Vatican officials "to study more, to be more prudent, evaluate things" when dealing with scientific advances