Lindquist to direct Whitehead

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The appointment of the first woman director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is discussed. Susan Lindquist, known as an outstanding scientist, has contributed to the research of the heat-shock proteins' effect on the inheritance and development and is planning to focus her future research on the interaction between protein folding, biology and environment.

Author: Ready, Tinker
Publisher: Nature America, Inc.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2001
Behavior, Heat shock proteins, Protein folding, Lindquist, Susan, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

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Pfizer in "unethical" trial suit

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The author discusses the lawsuit filed against the world's largest pharmaceutical company Pfizer. The suit alleges unethical treatment by the company of the children involved in the company's oral antibiotic drug trovafloxacin trail in Nigeria charging that Pfizer did not obtain informed consent from the sick children's parents.

Author: Ready, Tinker
Publisher: Nature America, Inc.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2001
Cases, Testing, Antibiotics, Medical care, Pfizer Inc., PFE, Trovafloxacin

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Research with premature infant livers touches a nerve

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The career details of Lola Reid, a researcher at the University of North Carolina, and her contributions to are presented. She is trying to isolate stem cells from the livers of premature infants who have died.

Author: Ready, Tinker
Publisher: Nature America, Inc.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2004
Science & research, Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Practice, Infants (Premature), Premature infants, Liver, Stem cells, University of North Carolina, Reid, Lola

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