London, Nov 3 : In a new study, scientists have uncovered a new pathway in which disease-causing bacteria dodge the host’s immune system to survive and grow in the cells that were to destroy them.

Led by Peter Murray, Ph. D., at St. Jude Children''s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., and Thomas Wynn, Ph. D., the discovery may pave the way for new treatments and vaccines for tuberculosis (TB) and some other chronic bacterial and parasitic infections.

London  - Health officials in Britain were Monday examining the death of a drum-maker who inhaled anthrax spores while handling imported animal skin.

Spanish-born Fernando Gomez, 35, died in hospital late Sunday after being taken ill a week ago.

His flat and workshop in Hackney, east London, have been sealed off by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) for examination.

London, Nov 3 : Inspiring author Francesca Amber Sawyer has revealed how she witnessed English comedian Russell Brand turn from a charming man into a nasty person when he learnt that the Sachs scandal had been made public.

Brand, 33, had been trying to charm Sawyer into another threesome, but his whole demeanour changed after he received a call about the scandal and the trouble he was in.

“He’d been sweet and charming,” News of the World quoted her as saying.

London, Nov 3 : Almost all human genes, about 94 percent, generate more than one form of their protein products by skipping or including certain sequences from the messenger RNA, say MIT scientists.

The phenomenon, called alternative splicing, is much more prevalent and varies more between tissues than was previously believed.

Ten years ago, the scientists thought that the phenomenon was limited to only a few genes, but the figure reached to 50-plus percent more recently.

London, Nov. 3: A Muslim chef is suing police chiefs after being asked to cook pork sausages and bacon for officers’ breakfasts.

London, Nov 3 :More than a hundred gatecrashers wreaked havoc in a Brit family home after the details of a teenager''s house party were posted on Facebook.

The party was hosted by 16-year-old Joanna Zell while her parents were off to Austria.

The gatecrashers smashed windows, ruined carpets, took drugs, and indulged in a messy egg fight at the house in Bickley, near Bromley.

"It got out of control,” the Telegraph quoted a partygoer, as saying.

"People were having sex in bedrooms, smoking cannabis and wrecking the front garden,” the partygoer added.

Joanna was forced to call police and disperse the crowd.