Researchers from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have found out that cloning is a useful technique when they treated mice with Parkinson's Disease. This is the first time animals have been treated with their own cloned cells. More details of their research in the full article.

A lot of people hate going to the doctor's (that includes me). Not because doctors are particularly unfriendly. It's the needles. This bit of news would make a lot of people feel better about going to the doctor's though: imagine that instead of having to deal with needles for blood tests, all you have to do is spit? It may not be that long from now. Read more in the full article.

Imagine, if you will, a man who accidentally cut off the tip of his finger, nail, skin, bone, and all. After sprinkling some special white powder on it, all the parts grew back after a month. Magic? No. It's the cutting edge (pun intended) in stem cell research. The holy grail of medicine in powder form. Full story and a mini-documentary in the full article.

You can't help but think of the babelfish in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with this story: scientists are hoping to combat hearing loss thanks to new research on the zebrafish. Find out how in the full article.

Most of us think that people suffering from total blindness are treated only with either drugs, surgery, or laser therapy. For the most part, that's true. However, desperate times call for unconventional measures so doctors in England used human teeth to snatch a blind man back from the darkness of visual loss. A remarkable story of recovery follows after the jump.

The eyes have it. At least, that's according to Danish scientists, who have reportedly discovered a technique that allows people to tell how old you are just by looking into the lenses of your eyes. Well, maybe with a little radiocarbon dating thrown in as well. More optical allusions follow after the jump.

Pancreas donors are the one of the biggest things in the UK nowadays. Organ donors are in high demand to help facilitate a new technique developed to aid diabetes patients all over the country. While there are other alternative methods which may suppress the more serious complications of diabetes, many scientists are hopeful that this procedure will somehow lead to its eventual cure someday. For more information, check out the full article.

Botox injections may get rid of wrinkles, but let's not forget that Botox is essentially a toxin. US drug-regulators are currently re-evaluating the safety of Botox due to some adverse effects related to the drug. Some of the cases involve anywhere from strained breathing to difficulty in swallowing. In extreme cases, deaths have been reported. Details in the full article.

Scientists have found another tool which can be a powerful weapon in the fight against AIDS. According to microbiologists, an existing drug can disrupt the stealthy ways of the HIV virus, making the process of treating it easier. Full details after the jump.

E. coli is definitely one of the deadlier diseases in our time. But thanks to the efforts of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and a few labs dedicated to the cause, we may be able to find out just what can be done to stem the rising number of infections. The full details after the jump.