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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2012 China will start phasing out the use of executed prisoners as a source of organs for transplants next year, a researcher for the government has said, according to a World Health Organisation magazine. China will introduce a new organ donation system to "relinquish the reliance on organs from executed convicts," Wang Haibo, a senior researcher at China's Ministry of Health, told the November edition of the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. "An organ transplantation system relying on deat ... read more |
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  Novel Technique To Produce Stem Cells from Peripheral Blood Stem cells are a valuable resource for medical and biological research, but are difficult to study due to ethical and societal barriers. However, genetically manipulated cells from adults may provid ... more | |
 Sandy as bad as 9/11 for New York hospitals: doctor With power outages and emergency evacuations of seriously ill patients in hurricane-strength winds, New York hospitals faced their biggest challenge this week since the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to a senior doctor. ... more | |
  Switzerland lifts ban on Novartis flu vaccine Switzerland's national drug agency announced Wednesday it was lifting a ban on sales of flu vaccines made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis after documenting that concerns over impurities were unfounded. ... more | |
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 New micropumps for hand-held medical labs produce pressures 500 times higher than car tire In an advance toward analyzing blood and urine instantly at a patient's bedside instead of waiting for results from a central laboratory, scientists are reporting development of a new micropump capa ... more | |
 How to make stem cells - nuclear reprogramming moves a step forward The idea of taking a mature cell and removing its identity (nuclear reprogramming) so that it can then become any kind of cell, holds great promise for repairing damaged tissue or replacing bone mar ... more | |
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World not ready for rise in extreme heat, scientists say
US monster storm kills 30
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  Why astronauts experience low blood pressure after returning to Earth from space When astronauts return to Earth, their altitude isn't the only thing that drops-their blood pressure does too. This condition, known as orthostatic hypotension, occurs in up to half of those astrona ... more | |
 Migratory birds' ticks can spread viral haemorrhagic fever A type of haemorrhagic fever (Crimean-Congo) that is prevalent in Africa, Asia, and the Balkans has begun to spread to new areas in southern Europe. Now Swedish researchers have shown that migratory ... more | |
 Plants provide accurate low-cost alternative for diagnosis of West Nile Virus While the United States has largely been spared the scourge of mosquito-borne diseases endemic to the developing world-including yellow fever, malaria and dengue fever-mosquito-related illnesses in ... more | |
 Chinese city to ban plastic surgery for minors A Chinese city is set to ban minors from having cosmetic surgery under draft rules aimed at tackling the country's growing obsession with going under the knife, an official statement said. ... more |
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 Novartis flu vaccine ban extends to Germany Germany became the fourth country Thursday to ban sales of flu vaccines made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, following embargoes by Italy, Switzerland and Austria. ... more | |
Italy, Switzerland, Austria freeze sales of Novartis flu vaccines Italian, Swiss and Austrian authorities on Wednesday halted the sale of flu vaccines made by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis. ... more | |
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Quantum collapse models point to subtle limits in timekeeping accuracy
It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's tech
Primordial magnetism offers fresh angle on the Hubble constant puzzle | |
 Mexico overcomes bird flu outbreak Mexico declared Wednesday that it has overcome a bird flu outbreak in the west of the country that had triggered the slaughter of 22 million hens since June. ... more | |
 Japan hopes medical tourists immune to China row As relations between Tokyo and Beijing appear increasingly in need of major surgery, officials in the far north of Japan are hoping the infant industry of medical tourism can thrive unscathed. ... more | |
 Sanctions affecting 6 million patients in Iran: report Some six million patients in Iran are affected by Western economic sanctions as import of medicine is becoming increasingly difficult, a governmental paper reported Sunday quoting a health official. ... more | |
 Cell Mechanism Findings Could One Day be Used to Engineer Organs Biologists have teamed up with mechanical engineers from the The University of Texas at Dallas to conduct cell research that provides information that may one day be used to engineer organs. T ... more |
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