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News - Announcements
Scientists
Identify Critical Genes For Down Syndrome
(19.7.2010)
Research
findings reported in the July 18 advanced online publication of Nature
Neuroscience have narrowed down the critical genetic elements responsible
for some aspects of Down syndrome.
Making
Cancer Cells More Mortal (19.7.2010)
Washington
State University researchers have discovered a way to help cancer cells
age and die, creating a promising avenue for slowing and even stopping
the growth of tumors.
Korean
doctors can remove life support (14.7.2010)
South
Korean doctors will be allowed to remove life support from terminally
ill patients after confirming their wish to die, under new medical guidelines
on mercy killing.
Palliative
care lacking in much of the world (14.7.2010)
Most
people who are dying around the world have inadequate or no access to
painkillers, hospice and palliative care, according to a report by the
Economist Intelligence Unit on Wednesday.
AIDS
Statistics, Risky Behavior and HIV Antibodies
(9.7.2010)
As
recent medical breakthroughs propel the discovery of HIV vaccines into
the realm of near future possibilities, AIDS statistics identify high-risk
groups. Yet, will those engaging in risky behavior opt to receive an HIV
vaccine? And what about ethics?
Nuffield
Council on Bioethics Press Release: Lords welcome Council's inquiry on
medical profiling and online medicine (9.7.2010)
Inquiry: Medical
profiling and online medicine: The ethics of 'personalised' health care
in a consumer age
DNA
Drugs Come of Age (7.2010)
After
years of false starts, a new generation of DNA vaccines and medicines
for HIV, influenza and other stubborn illnesses is now in clinical trials.
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Greek)-(In
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