May 30, 2008
“Exploiting a Research Underclass in Phase 1 Clinical Trials” by Carl Elliott, M.D., Ph.D., and Roberto Abadie, Ph.D. Abstract: In November 1996, the Wall Street Journal reported that Eli Lilly was paying homeless alcoholics from a local shelter to participate … Read More
May 30, 2008
Researchers at The University of Nottingham have taken some important first steps to creating a synthetic copycat of a living cell, a leading science journal reports. (ScienceDaily)
May 30, 2008
Francis S. Collins, who for more than a decade has overseen virtually every major federal research initiative in the fast-paced field of genetic science, will step down as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes … Read More
May 30, 2008
Based on census data, 13.7 million people aged 19 to 29 had no health insurance, either public or private, in 2006, up from 13.3 million in 2005, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that researches … Read More
May 30, 2008
The recipients included one of Japan’s most powerful crime bosses. Some in the medical community worry the revelation will have a chilling effect on organ donations. (Los Angeles Times)
May 30, 2008
The study does not address the question of whether longer stays and more intervention prolong patients’ lives, and the Dartmouth researchers argue, in general, that less-aggressive treatment does not change the outcome, but spares patients the agony of unnecessary tests … Read More
May 30, 2008
Western Australia may be the only state in Australia to have crushed the chances of scientists here using therapeutic cloning to cure hitherto incurable diseases but could the decision prove a global turning point? (ScienceAlert)
May 29, 2008
This bill would mandate that physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants give a patient, while being diagnosed with a terminal illness or with a prognosis of one year to live, information about pain management options that are fitting only for … Read More
May 29, 2008
Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that scientists can conduct embryonic stem cell research, which holds the promise of curing Parkinson’s disease and diabetes but raises ethical concerns about the limits on human life. (USA Today)
May 29, 2008
researchers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered that reason struggles with emotion to find equitable solutions, and have pinpointed the region of the brain where this takes place. The concept of fairness, they found, is processed in the … Read More
May 29, 2008
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have established a human cell-based system for studying sickle cell anemia by reprogramming somatic cells to an embryonic stem cell like state. (PhysOrg)
May 29, 2008
These measures of children’s health are part of a report out today by The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that studies health issues and supports efforts to cover more people. The report found that top-performing states tend to have lower … Read More
May 29, 2008
Ten years ago in a small, closet-like laboratory, James “Jamie” Thomson, an embryologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, changed the world by creating the first human embryonic stem cells. Few research experiments have generated as much hype or controversy. … Read More
May 28, 2008
Most people who become paralysed or lose limbs retain the mental dexterity to perform physical actions. And by tapping into a region of the brain responsible for movement – the motor cortex – researchers can decode a person’s intentions and … Read More
May 28, 2008
When patients check into hospitals or doctor offices, they presume their information will be kept in strictest confidence, but often, amid the pile of papers, they overlook fine print describing how their personal information can be farmed out for fundraising. … Read More
May 28, 2008
Brazil’s Supreme Court is expected to decide on Wednesday whether to uphold legislation that allows research on embryonic stem cells in the world’s largest Roman Catholic country. (Reuters)
May 28, 2008
An HIV-positive Ugandan woman’s claim to stay in the UK has been rejected by the European Court of Human Rights. (BBC)
May 28, 2008
Scientists in Britain have voiced concern and scepticism over claims that a man who is paralysed from the neck down has recovered the ability to breathe unaided after a controversial embryonic stem-cell treatment. (Times Online)
May 28, 2008
Science may yet come to the rescue of democratic capitalism — or make things worse. (United Press International)
May 27, 2008
With the help of her husband, Dennis, she founded a placebo company, and, without a hint of irony, named it Efficacy Brands. Its chewable, cherry-flavored dextrose tablets, Obecalp, for placebo spelled backward, goes on sale on June 1 at the … Read More
May 27, 2008
With the help of her husband, Dennis, she founded a placebo company, and, without a hint of irony, named it Efficacy Brands. Its chewable, cherry-flavored dextrose tablets, Obecalp, for placebo spelled backward, goes on sale on June 1 at the … Read More
May 27, 2008
With the help of her husband, Dennis, she founded a placebo company, and, without a hint of irony, named it Efficacy Brands. Its chewable, cherry-flavored dextrose tablets, Obecalp, for placebo spelled backward, goes on sale on June 1 at the … Read More
May 27, 2008
We’re all pretty much accustomed by now to seeing TV ads for prescription drugs. They’re a genre unto themselves: the healthy-looking folks who have benefited from some new medicine frolicking and gazing happily at one another, the serene music, the … Read More
May 27, 2008
The researchers at Leiden University Medical Center say they have sequenced the DNA of one their researchers, geneticist Marjolein Kriek. They plan to publish it after review. No other scientists have verified their data. (TIME)
May 27, 2008
The researchers at Leiden University Medical Center say they have sequenced the DNA of one their researchers, geneticist Marjolein Kriek. They plan to publish it after review. No other scientists have verified their data. (AP)
