August 25, 2009
Web-savvy scientists gathered at the Science Online London conference in London on 22 August to explore how the Internet is changing the communication, practice and culture of science. Biochemist Cameron Neylon, of the University of Southampton, UK, was one of … Read More
August 25, 2009
Largely quoting his past writings out of context this summer, Betsy McCaughey, a former lieutenant governor of New York, labeled Dr. Emanuel a “deadly doctor†who believes health care should be “reserved for the nondisabled†— a false assertion that … Read More
August 25, 2009
A paper in Science has called for a revision of policy with respect to the use of biological samples and data from children in biobank projects. Some (though by no means all) biobanks include samples from children, often collected at … Read More
August 25, 2009
Justices will decide whether certain methods are patentable. The ruling may influence process patents in biomedicine and technology. (American Medical News)
August 25, 2009
An Interview with Zack Lynch, author of The Neuro Revolution. Zack Lynch is the author of The Neuro Revolution: How Brain Science Is Changing Our World. The book was conceived as a work of popular science “to broaden the conversation†… Read More
August 25, 2009
Newborn Screening is an invaluable public health program that saves lives and helps to prevent the development of serious disease and debilitation. But how can privacy and autonomy best be maintained regarding the residual dried blood spots which are collected … Read More
August 25, 2009
A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has successfully grown multiple types of retina cells from two types of stem cells — suggesting a future in which damaged retinas could be repaired … Read More
August 24, 2009
Doctors say the Maryland and Wisconsin decisions could lead to their judgment being second-guessed and undermine patient care. (American Medical News)
August 24, 2009
The public outrage over reimbursement for patient counseling catches doctors by surprise but shows how delicate the discussion over advance-care planning can be. (American Medical News)
August 24, 2009
The Health Service is not the only way to deliver healthcare free at the point of access. It is simply the method used in Britain today. (The Independent)
August 24, 2009
A long-sought loosening of Japan’s guidelines on human embryonic stem-cell research came into effect on 21 August. But some say the new rules are too little, too late for a struggling field that was once a source of national pride. … Read More
August 24, 2009
A long-sought loosening of Japan’s guidelines on human embryonic stem-cell research came into effect on 21 August. But some say the new rules are too little, too late for a struggling field that was once a source of national pride. … Read More
August 24, 2009
They are usually urged not to drink coffee, sip wine or pop aspirin. But now pregnant women find themselves high atop the federal government’s priority list for those who ought to receive the new swine flu vaccine — a prospect … Read More
August 21, 2009
For the first time since the Food and Drug Administration approved the controversial vaccine in June 2006, schools in the District and Virginia are asking that girls entering sixth grade receive the vaccine designed to protect them against HPV, which … Read More
August 21, 2009
Scientists have devised a way to modify an organism that was previously impossible to genetically engineer in the lab. The method, developed by researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland, and San Diego, California, could aid the … Read More
August 21, 2009
Caster Semenya’s victory in the 800-metre final at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin has been overshadowed by the controversy surrounding her sex. After the race on 19 August, the International Association of Athletics Federations announced that they had asked … Read More
August 21, 2009
Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc. USA, a leader in adult stem cell research and manufacturing, has requested a pre-Investigational New Drug (IND) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to discuss a proposed IND to use Stemedica’s proprietary line … Read More
August 21, 2009
While many dioceses are shuttering and consolidating schools, the Diocese of Arlington has opened a new state-of-the-art high school with a special curriculum focused on bioethics. (ZENIT)
August 21, 2009
By the time she was in her 40s, Andrea Cinnamond was afraid she’d never be a mother. Then came the day in 2005 her daughter was born through in vitro fertilization, followed two years later by twin sons. Today, Kaitlin, … Read More
August 21, 2009
Kathy Hudson now runs the Genetics & Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., which she founded in 2002 at Johns Hopkins University. The molecular biologist was Collins’s policy director for part of his tenure as head of the National Human … Read More
August 20, 2009
There is no known cure for neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. But new hope, in the form of stem cells created from the patient’s own bone marrow, can be found ― and literally seen ― in laboratories … Read More
August 20, 2009
Misinformation and “flat-out lies†are poisoning the debate over health care reform, local religious and community health leaders who support reform said Wednesday. (Kansas City Star)
August 20, 2009
Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke will demonstrate a controversial drug-testing kit in Darwin this weekend. (ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation))
August 20, 2009
Seven young Chinese women suffered permanent lung damage and two of them died after working for months without proper protection in a paint factory using nanoparticles, Chinese researchers reported on Wednesday. (Reuters)
August 20, 2009
Many practitioners, for instance, do not realize that their scientific research may have ethical ramifications, Grinnell said. When scientists repeat their experiments, they accumulate ten to fifteen notebooks with many sets of data that eventually become a paper. (Science Progress)
