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Student death sparks meningitis fears

Students at Liverpool University were being issued with antibiotics today after a second-year undergraduate died of suspected meningitis.

From frozen Alaska to the lab: a virus 39,000 times more virulent than flu

· Tight security to prevent 'select agent' escaping · Publication of its genetic code raises fears of misuse

Researchers inflict pain in hope of easing suffering

· Subjects volunteer for shock and heat ordeals · Study could help diabetes and shingles sufferers

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Linda Nordling: The NHS is changing the way it treats scientific ideas.

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