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| December 14, 2000
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More than altruism behind donations of AIDS drugs to Africa
| December 8, 2000
HOUSTON A variety of motives are behind several recent drug company announcements of donations of HIV/AIDS drugs to African countries. Certainly, something needs to be done to control existing cases of HIV/AIDS, in addition to the lifestyle changes that would reduce the number of new AIDS cases. By the end of this year, 36.1 million people will be living with HIV or AIDS, according to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO).WHO and UNAIDS res
Why did the chicken cross the DNA?
| December 6, 2000
Advances in transgenics and drug production are foreseen using chicken eggs, says the Roslin Institute. But why chickens?
Banking on genes
| December 4, 2000
Various high-profile genetic projects around the world are pushing the barriers of research. But are they trespassing on human rights?
Drug metabolites can now be patented
| November 29, 2000
HOUSTON Bristol-Myers Squibb Company unveiled both a scientific achievement and a patent strategy that, if used by other drug companies, could delay introduction of cheaper generic versions of hundreds of patented drugs. Typically, after patents expire and generic versions of a drug become available, most drugs lose up to 80% of sales during the first year they face generic competition, according to Barbara Ryan, a drug industry analyst with Deutsche Banc Alex Brown. US patents on drugs with sal
Potential AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe
| November 29, 2000
Experts fear that Eastern Europe could experience an AIDS epidemic similar to that seen in Africa.
Online prescription drugs
November 23, 2000
A new website from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that many online pharmacies provide legitimate prescription services but that some questionable sites may make purchasing medicines online risky.On its website dedicated to this topic, the FDA highlights some of the problems associated with purchasing prescriptions online. These include sub-standard products; little or no quality control; possibility of an incorrect diagnosis by sites that inappropriately diagnose and prescribe o
Zebrafish genome to be sequenced
| November 23, 2000
The genome of the zebrafish is to be sequenced at the Wellcome Trust's Sanger Centre near Cambridge, UK.
110m into post-genomic research
| November 22, 2000
500,000 people will help research councils to solve post-genomic puzzles.
Children's parents sue hospital over genetics patent
| November 22, 2000
Families of children suffering a degenerative brain disease are suing the hospital and researchers who used their children's blood and tissue to identify and patent the gene responsible for the disorder.
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