MMR alert
Health authorities in Brazil have reported widespread allergic reactions in children to a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine made in Italy by Chiron. Five children reportedly suffered anaphylactic shock and 115 others were affected by allergies. Five million doses have been recalled, and a contaminant is suspected.
Grow-your-own jaw
A jawbone grown in the back of a man disfigured by cancer surgery has allowed him to eat solid food for the first time in nine years. Patrick Warnke’s team at the University of Kiel, Germany, seeded a titanium scaffold with bone minerals and bone marrow cells, grew…
