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Stem Cells to Solve the Blood Shortage Problem?

Accounts of the tsunami that killed over a quarter of a million people in Southeast Asia on the 26th of December, 2004, slowly disappear from the media, but the event is nevertheless heavily burned into the memories of those who are directly involved. In the aftermath of the disaster, academics and politicians alike are trying to investigate how the number of casualties could have been reduced an...

Sweetgum tree could help lessen shortage of bird flu drug

The sweetgum tree grows widely throughout the country and is known for its mace-like green fruit, which are sometimes called "gumballs." Now, this spiny fruit may become an important source of a chemical needed to make a lifesaving drug against bird flu ?a drug that is currently in short supply worldwide, researchers say. Chemists have found that the seeds of the sweetgum fruit contain sig...
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H-1B jobs: Where is the shortage of skilled workers?

133,000 H-1B visa applications submitted in two days was the cover story of this week's <...

IT worker shortage linked to tech enrollment drop

Pending baby-boomer retirements and a decline in IT enrollment could leave employers struggling to meet recruitment goals as university and technical college systems graduate fewer qualifi...

Action now can help avoid the coming shortage of math and science grads

In 1975, the United States was third among all nations in the percentage of 18-to-24-year-olds who earned science and engineering degrees. Today, it ranks 17th, behind Taiwan and South Korea, Ireland and Italy. Unless that slide in scientific competency is reversed, the nations economic welfare and security will be threatened. That was the conclusion of a report issued in May 2004 by the...

Talent shortage? Cmon.

In an election cycle where both candidates admit job loss, and when off-shoring is becoming de rigueur, these numbers seem over-in...

Facing shortage of U.S. scientists, UW wants to boost math enrollment

As the United States faces a critical shortage of American scientists, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will lead an effort to attract more students to mathematics...

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Shortage of MMR vaccine

The vaccine that protects children against measles, mumps and rubella is in short supply. The MMR vaccine joins a growing list of scarce drugs, with shortfalls caused by production problems, fewer drugmakers// and pharmaceutical companies choosing to stop making some products. The situation is so bad that 8 of the 11 recommended childhood vaccines are in short supply, including tetanus...

Shortage of funds for providing AIDS drug in Africa and India

The number of people on antiretroviral therapy has doubled to 1 million worldwide and tripled in Africa and Asia. Asia and Africa are two regions which are hit greatly by AIDS. Though, there is a immense increase in antiretroviral // treatment, it is still far less than the requirement, and the WHO goal to treat 3 million people by 2005, will never happen world wide critics say. Repor...

Tamiflu Shortage Can Be Better Handled By Combining It With Probenecid

Drug Synergism refers to the enhancement in action or effect of a particular drug than the individual effect of both the drugs combined. The phenomenon could be exploited in the present scenario where the avian bird flu is posing a serious threat across different regions of the globe. // Tamiflu is a prescribed drug for seasonal flu, because it will be a first line of defense if the H...

Acute Shortage Of Neurosurgeons In India: One Surgeon For Every 1 Million!

India has a severe shortfall of neurosurgeons with only one surgeon for every one million population. There is hence a greater need to build up trained manpower in the country. This is comparatively lower when compared to the situation in US and Japan where the ratio is 100,000 // and 6000 for every one million population respectively. Dr.A.K. Mahapatra, professor in the Department of...

Doctor Training Undermined In Britain Due To Shortage Of Cadavers

Lack of dead bodies is affecting the training of new doctors in Britain. According to the Department of Health, two courses had been cancelled this year because of a lack of cadavers and experts said more would be hit if the // fall in body donations were not reversed. The government has blamed rising medical student numbers, TV shows and the Alder Hey scandal for the problem. In the...

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