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ULTRASOUND MAY CAUSE UNBORNS BRAIN DAMAGE The BBC reports scientists in Sweden have found evidence ultrasound scans may cause brain damage in unborn babies after they found men whose mothers had tests were more likely to be left-handed.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1699000/1699905.stm

NEW CLONING METHOD BY CANADIAN VET Dr. Lawrence Smith a veterinary doctor at the University of Montreal has cloned three calves using a new cloning technique. The procedure delays the time of fertilization until after the ovum is “activated.” While traditional cloning can take 64 attempts to procure one successful cloned embryo Smith’s method rates one in 17.  https://www.canada.com/news/story.asp?id={4824F503-2605-4E78-9FCD-36CAC31CB15A}

C.S. LEWIS’ THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE FILM RIGHTS ACQUIRED Fans of C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series will be happy to note that a film production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is in the works. The National Post reports that Walden Media, a New York-based company, has acquired the rights.  https://www.nationalpost.com/artslife/story.html?f=/stories/20011210/834486.html

OTTAWA HOSPITAL PLACES CAP ON NUMBER OF BIRTHS ALLOWED A protest was held the weekend before last at Ottawa’s Queensway-Carleton Hospital over an imposed cap on births. The Queensway-Carleton has demanded that obstetricians provide written assurances that they will limit the total number of births to 2,100 or risk losing their privileges and jobs.  https://www.canada.com/search/site/story.asp?id=BCA9881E-08D6-4D69-97F8-7AD42DA07BB8

NOBEL MEDICINE PRIZE WINNER SUPPORTS HUMAN CLONING FOR RESEARCH British Nobel laureate Paul Nurse, who shares the $953,900 prize with his two associates for helping understand how cells divide, has come out in support of human cloning for research purposes.  https://www.contracostatimes.com/news/science/stories_wire/1697908l.htm