Parkinson's, cancer findings earn medical prizes

Posted on Saturday, September 20, 2014


Parkinson's, cancer findings earn medical prizes

This combination of undated photos provided by the The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation shows Dr. Alim Louis Benabid, of Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France, left, and Dr. Mahlon Delong of Emory University in Atlanta. The pair will share the Lasker award for clinical medical research for developing a surgical treatment for Parkinson's disease, the foundation announced Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Lasker Foundation)NEW YORK (AP) — Key discoveries about breast cancer, Parkinson's disease and the body's handling of defective proteins have earned prestigious medical awards for five scientists.



Ebola burial team attacked in Sierra Leone

Health worker volunteers talk to a resident to distribute bars of soap and information about Ebola in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Thousands of health workers began knocking on doors across Sierra Leone on Friday in search of hidden Ebola cases with the entire West African nation locked down in their homes for three days in an unprecedented effort to combat the deadly disease. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A police official says health workers in Sierra Leone have come under attack while trying to bury the bodies of five Ebola victims east of the capital.



Spain repatriates priest with Ebola from Africa

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government is preparing to repatriate a priest who has been diagnosed with the Ebola virus after working in Sierra Leone.





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