Cambridge chemist to be new UK chief scientist
| October 9, 2000
David King, Head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, is the new Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government.
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Sex, frogs and rocking loos at the Ig Nobels
| October 6, 2000
Collapsing toilets, levitating frogs, and acrobats making love in a magnetic resonance imager: Now who says scientists take themselves too seriously?
UNAIDS defends South Africa's work on HIV/AIDS
| October 5, 2000
Mutual suspicion and hostility in South Africa is dogging strong, practical interventions against AIDS, says UNAIDS chief.
Court case reveals massive HIV problem in Chinese blood banks
| October 3, 2000
Fear of legal action is hobbling research into a key AIDS threat, which may quadruple the numbers infected with HIV in China.
Simplifying genetic disorders
| October 3, 2000
Recent work implicating a single gene in a population with a complex disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, could represent a shift in the study of genetic diseases.
Blood filtration improves safety of blood transfusions
| September 28, 2000
White blood cells can cause costly complications following transfusions; the US and Germany are joining the list of countries requiring filtration of donor blood to remove them.
Israeli biotech - a child with great promise
| September 26, 2000
The Israeli biotech industry is still in its infancy but heavy investment, an aggressive technology sector and a supportive academic community should ensure some big growth spurts.
Beyond the ban on human embryo research: An Italian way?
| September 20, 2000
In the context of a heated debate on human embryo research, some Italian researchers are looking for a scientific way through the moral and ethical minefield.
Women's rights could lower population growth
| September 20, 2000
report published today, the United Nations Population Fund has delivered a devastating attack on the world's unequal treatment of women.
Lasker Awards presented for work on ubiquitination and hepatitis C
| September 18, 2000
The 2000 Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards, announced in New York on September 17, will put further pressure on the Nobel Foundation to grant a Nobel Prize for work related to the cell cycle.
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