December 24, 2012
New research examining the role of race and ethnicity in an individual’s decision to become a donor for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) identifies several factors associated with varied participation rates in national donor registries across racial/ethnic groups. (News-Medical.net)
December 24, 2012
A new therapy that uses a virus to switch genes in the brain may help extend the lives of children with a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorder. (Futurity)
December 21, 2012
On December 18, the Death Penalty Information Center released its latest report, “The Death Penalty in 2012: Year End Report,†on developments in capital punishment in the past year. (Death Penalty Information Center)
December 21, 2012
Less than one percent of women getting a medication-induced abortion at Planned Parenthood had a serious side effect or a failed abortion, according to a new study. (Reuters)
December 21, 2012
Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the Connecticut medical examiner in search of a cause, has turned to “genetic clues” to explain Adam Lanza’s motives. (Huffington Post)
December 21, 2012
Connecticut’s chief medical examiner, Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, has said that he has asked a geneticist at the University of Connecticut to contribute to the investigation of Lanza. (L.A. Times)
December 20, 2012
Two religious-affiliated colleges claimed a “major victory” Tuesday after a federal appeals court ordered the Obama administration to verify that it is revising the so-called contraception mandate in ObamaCare. (Fox News)
December 20, 2012
A joint team of scientists from The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory and Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has developed a technique that may prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases in children. The study is published online today … Read More
December 20, 2012
The front-line heroes of Pakistan’s war on polio are its volunteers: young women who tread fearlessly from door to door, in slums and highland villages, administering precious drops of vaccine to children in places where their immunization campaign is often … Read More
December 20, 2012
Children born with a rare, genetic brain disorder that causes severe atrophy and often leads to death within three years are alive seven to 10 years after being treated with an experimental gene therapy, a study showed. (Seattle Times)
December 20, 2012
A report ordered by French President Francois Hollande suggests the country consider legalizing assisted suicide. (UPI)
December 20, 2012
Vasily Kolchenko, associate professor of biological sciences at New York City College of Technology (City Tech), is a key player on a research team that recently made a breakthrough with enormous potential significance for the treatment of serious diseases. Their … Read More
December 19, 2012
Belgium is considering a significant change to its decade-old euthanasia law that would allow minors and Alzheimer’s sufferers to seek permission to die. (Emirates 24/7)
December 19, 2012
At the heart of the battle is the legal and ethical question of whether doctors can overrule a family’s wishes in determining when to end treatment. As devout Muslims, Rasouli’s family opposes treatment that would hasten death. Rasouli left no … Read More
December 19, 2012
After recent triumphs showing that implants could repair lost brain function, Martin W. Angler explores how soon we can use this technology for creating enhanced humans. (BBC)
December 19, 2012
According to an American Lung Association report from 2010, there was no sustained decline in influenza-associated deaths over the past decades. Among those older than 65, according to a New England Journal of Medicine review, flu hospitalization rates rose steadily … Read More
December 19, 2012
The mass murder of 20 children and six adults Friday in Newtown, Conn., has provoked yet another round of recrimination, finger pointing and breast-beating. Was the shooter mentally deranged? If there was more gun control, would this have happened? Did … Read More
December 19, 2012
Ireland’s government is to introduce a new law and regulations to clarify that abortions are permissible when the life — but not health — of the mother is at risk, Minister of Health James Reilly announced Tuesday. (CNN)
December 19, 2012
A bipartisan conference committee of House and Senate members approved an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill on Tuesday that will extend the insurance coverage of abortion to military women who have been raped. (Huffington Post)
December 19, 2012
More than a decade after the sizzle of genomics investments turned to a fizzle, a biotechnology giant is buying one of the field’s flagship firms. The announcement on 10 December that Amgen, based in Thousand Oaks, California, will pay US$415 … Read More
December 19, 2012
Parents who lose children in accidents may be able to clone ‘copies’ to replace them within 50 years, a British scientist who won this year’s Nobel prize for medicine predicted. (The Telegraph)
December 18, 2012
In 2012, CDC made numerous contributions to better understand, address, improve, and promote the health, safety, and quality of life of women, at all stages of life. (CDC.gov)
December 18, 2012
Unapproved procedures and skin care products endanger consumers and clinical research. (Scientific American)
December 18, 2012
In a major breakthrough that will change the way cancer is studied and treated in the future, Toronto scientists have discovered a key reason why many tumours may return after chemotherapy. In a new study, researchers at the Princess Margaret … Read More
December 18, 2012
Writing in PNAS, the researchers have shown that the emerging field of synthetic biology can be used to manipulate hydrocarbon chemicals, found in soaps and shampoos, in cells. (Science Daily)
