London, April 23 : Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have identified potential therapeutic targets to fight dengue fever.

By painstakingly silencing genes one at a time, they have identified dozens of proteins the dengue fever virus depends upon to grow and spread among mosquitoes and humans.

London, April 23 : British actress Emma Watson, who vowed to put acting on hold to concentrate on her degree, will continue her movie career when she starts university.

The 20-year-old, who will start her degree course later this year, will film Harry Potter scenes during term time holidays.

It means that Watson will have to work through her Christmas and Easter breaks, as she''s required on the set of ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, the final two-part film of the wizard franchise.

London, Apr 23 : Swedish researchers claim to have solved the mystery of how some animals can sniff out sickness.

Ivan Rodriguez at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and colleagues have found a type of smell receptor in mice that appears to respond to disease-related molecules produced by bacteria, viruses, or as the result of inflammation, reports New Scientist.

London, Apr 23 : Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has brought some pretty girls with a background in showbusiness into his Cabinet to brighten up politics.

Berlusconi has chosen Angela Sozio, 36, a flame-haired former contestant of Grande Fratello, the Italian version of Big Brother, to be the new face for the European Parliament elections in June, reports The Times.

Sozio caught media glare two years ago when paparazzi photographed her and other showgirls strolling hand-in-hand with Berlusconi, 72, at Villa Certosa, his villa in Sardinia.

London, Apr 23 : Singer Nicole Scherzinger is binging on food ever since her Europe tour ended.

London, April 23 : Children under the age of 16 should not be given mouth ulcer and teething treatments containing salicylate salts, British experts have warned.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MRSA) says that there is a theoretical risk that these products could cause a serious condition called Reye''s syndrome, a rare but potentially fatal disease that causes damage to many of the body''s organs.

Salicylate salts have the same effect on the body as aspirin, which experts have already warned should not be used by kids.