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	The Back Page - Infected with a computer virus A scientist at the University of Reading has become the first person in the world to be infected by a computer virus.

	Fish shows way to mend broken heart (May 2010) After a non-fatal heart attack, a damaged human heart does its best to patch itself up by forming a scar. But how much better would it be if that patch were made up of healthy, fully functional heart muscle rather than scrappy, stiff scar tissue?

	An apple a day… (March 2010) A study by scientists in the United States appears to support the age-old adage: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

	Building a replica of the brain (Jan 2010) A model that replicates the functions of the human brain is feasible in 10 years according to neuroscientist Professor Henry Markram of the Brain Mind Institute in Switzerland.