The Wrong Breast

A woman in cancer being treated at an oncological hospital in the northern Italian town of Rimini, just received one million dollars. Reason being is she had undergone four months of terrible, terrible chemotherapy – on the breast that did not have cancer.



They were supposed to be taking care of the lump in her left breast; they were actually working on the right. The 40-year-old woman didn't notice until after months and she spotted a burn mark on her right breast, which was healthy. Not sure if it was a good sign she showed it to her doctor who examined and alerted her that the four months of grueling chemotherapy, the 22 radiotherapy sessions, and the operation she underwent for a cancerous lump on her left breast, were all on her right breast (technically the wrong breast). So basically, the right breast doesn't have cancer, which...turns out her doctor already knew.

Consequently, this cancer has been untreated for four months, and it's estimated that this medical mishap has reduced the possibility of the woman's survival by no less than 20 percent.

The Top Secret DNA of a New, Incurable Botulinum Toxin

In scary science, scientists have discovered an incurable botulinum strain, whose DNA sequence they're keeping secret because of terrorism concerns.



Some people actually inject this stuff in their face to get rid of wrinkles. These are natural chemicals made by bacteria, and very recently, a team found a brand new strain.



And get this: if you inhale just thirteen one billionth of a gram, you would die from it!



The scientists say that they discovered this strain from the fecal matter of a baby that suffered from botulism.



It's the first new strain to be discovered in over forty years. And this is the first time that scientists have kept the DNA sequence secret because of concerns that terrorists could use information published about the DNA sequence (that codes for the toxin), to make a dangerously potent bioweapon.