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20 new genes which could one day "revolutionize" the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been identified by an international team of scientists.

The genes identified control kidney functions such as filtering waste from the blood.

Handling money can be an effective way of relieving pain, or even preventing it in the first place, a new research has suggested.

It was found by the researchers that people who counted money before taking part in an experiment where they were subjected to low levels of pain felt less discomfort than those who did not.

According to the reports of dailymail. co. uk, it is thought that fondling notes and coins helps ward off pain by boosting feelings of self-worth and self-sufficiency.

Scientists have claimed that simply turning on a light at night for a few seconds to go to the toilet can cause changes that might lead to cancer.

When a light is turned on at night, it triggers an "over-expression" of cells linked to the formation of cancer, researchers in the UK and Israel have found.

Geneticist Professor Charalambos Kyriacou carried out the test on mice at Leicester University.

On Monday, the U. S. Senate voted 60-34 to take up the debate about whether to continue extended unemployment benefits.

The New York Times has reported that four Republicans, including newly elected Scott Brown of Massachusetts, George Voinovich of Ohio, and Susan Collins and Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, joined 56 Senate Democrats to allow the $9 billion jobless benefits bill to come up for discussion.

According to some media reports, a Catholic priest in Massachusetts has used his pulpit to call for Pope Benedict XVI to step down.

The Boston Globe reported on Monday that the Rev. James Scahill of St. Michael's Parish in East Longmeadow said during his sermon Sunday the pontiff has not been truthful about the sex abuse scandal that has rocked the church in the past several years. Scahill called for more protection of children and greater accountability by the church hierarchy.

They are taking steps to ensure the Kennedy clan's privacy isn't violated when the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's file is made public, FBI officials have said.

The Boston Globe reported on Monday that Kennedy's FBI file runs to thousands of pages, given his decades in public service, so the federal law enforcement agency is taking the uncommon step of giving the family a chance to raise objections beforehand.