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Designer Babies- To Create Or Not To Create!

...The second case, where Raj and Shahana Hashmi were granted permission to use the tissue typing procedure by the HFEA re-ignited the debate about the creation of designer babies for a second time. The embryo selection was targeted to serve a dual purpose, prevention of subsequent child with thalassemia, a...

Visualization Found To Be Largely Dependent On The Brain

...e. Visualization is something that is taken for granted and is largely thought be dependent on the human eye. This research has however, proved that the brain indeed plays a major role in this process. It is because of the presence of such an efficient system that we are able to interact with the environm...

BioCryst’s Bird Flu Drug Enjoys Fast-Track Review By FD

...which there is an unfulfiled medical need would be granted fast-track status by the FDA. A six month review of the sponsor’s drug by the FDA would also be included in the fast-track package. ...

Local Community Objects to Mental Facility

...alth Minister also insists upon the approval being granted to the facility. Jim McGinty has opined that local councils need to extend their support towards such facilities. Such an attitude by the local government amounts to catering to the gallery. ...

Hyderabad Firm To Manufacture Tamiflu In India

Switzerland-based Roche Pharmaceuticals has granted a sub-license to Indian firm Hetero Drugs Limited for the production of 'Oseltamivir' or Tamiflu.// This is the only drug known so far to have any effect on the deadly H5N1 virus or the bird flu virus. Hetero is based at Hyderabad and will be the ...

Tainted doctor refused Saskatoon job

...n pathologist Dr. Charles Smith. Smith had been granted temporary privileges when hired by a medical school classmate to work at Saskatoon City Hospital on a one-year contract. But the Saskatoon Health Region Board, which has the ultimate say on the appointment, voted against a motion that would have perm...

Skin Cancer Research To Go Global

... risks for the same. The substantial fund has been granted by the European Union Framework 6 programme. The consortium will also develop a web site that will tell visitors if they are at risk for developing skin cancers besides incorporating a lot of useful information about the same. 'By getting all the wor...

Poultry Workers To Adopt Anti-Flu Guidelines

... with regard to the avian flu. //Approval has been granted to these guidelines at a meeting at Brussels. The guidelines are inclusive of controlling infection of birds and conducting local risk assessment. Contact with the birds that are infected should also be minimized according to the guidelines. The us...

Drink till you drop dead in English Pubs- Restriction on Timings Lifted

... than 1,000 pubs, clubs and supermarkets have been granted 24-hour licenses to sell alcohol, according to government figures. Around 40 percent of premises applied to vary their licenses by either extending their opening by an hour or two or by offering late food and entertainment. "We are determined to ta...

Legalization Of Euthanasia Would Not Affect Patient’s Trus

...have expressed caution that it cannot be taken for granted that legalizing physician-assisted death would not undermine trust in physicians for most people. Furthermore, physicians cannot remain casual, as it is very hard to sustain or regain patient’s confidence. Controversial data with respect to euthan...

Government To Consider Ragging Victim's Plea

... at the School of Medical Education in Kottayam be granted admission in Thiruvananthapuram Medical College.// The next state cabinet meeting on November 30 will also discuss a request for providing financial assistance to the student for completing her academic program. The student’s father met the Educa...

Tamil Nadu To Undertake Stem Cell Research

The central government has granted Rs 300 million to Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, to undertake stem cell research.// CMC will pioneer experiments to see if stem cells can be developed into heart muscles, nerve cells and if primary cells can grow into specialized cells. ...

Bill Gates to Fund ￡28m for Malaria researc

...vative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) Project is granted to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine that will be funded to work on projects that will look at ways to control the mosquitoes that spread malaria by developing safer, more effective, and longer-lasting insecticides for mosquito control. It wi...

Multiple Sclerosis drug, Tysabri banned due to neurological disorders

...p as an asthma treatment. The FDA in November 2004 granted Tysabri fast track approval, after initial phase 3 results attacks by as much as 66%. Tysabri was expected to be a major blockbuster for its manufacturer Biogen Idec, but the company suspended sales of Tysabri in February, after learning of the two P...

Using Eyes As The Line Of Reference For Fetal Brain Imaging

... technique. The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a provisional patent for the technique....

Pharmaceutical industries grant for R&D to be monitored

...o wants the PPRS to monitor that adequate money is granted for Research and development division of the pharmaceutical industry so that safety of the drugs are monitored and new and effective drugs are found. John Vickers, OFT Chairman, said: "We want to examine whether the PPRS works well to ensure that p...

Low Cost Tissue Culture Vaccine For Encephalitis

...taking a view on the matter. The permission can be granted only after analyzing the safety and efficacy data supplied by the countries,’’ said Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare. According to the Health ministry, the CRI has increased the production of vaccine from 5 lakhs unit...

The effects of Curcumin: a natural pigment in turmeric explored for its anti-cancer properties

... A funding to the tune of ₤11,000 has been granted in order to facilitate a pilot study investigating the effects of curcumin in lowering the NF-kappaB levels in patients suffering from Barrett’s esophagus, a pre-malignant form of esophageal cancer that leads to the full-blown disease in around ten p...

New drug for hypertension

...oduce this product, they said the company has been granted permission from Drug Controller General of India for the manufacture of both bulk as well as formulations of S-Amlodipine. Although Amlodipine is a proven therapy for the treatment of hypertension, it is commonly associated with side effects like he...

AAI Pharma Files Lawsuit Against Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

...pproved in July 2001 after the 180 exclusivity was granted to DRL and Barr Laboratories. Pharmaceutical Resources Inc is Dr Reddy's marketing partner for Fluoxetine in the US. Eli Lilly holds the patent holder for fluoxetine that expired in August 2001. Dr Reddy's is not in danger of losing its exclusivity...

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