Breast cancer research neglects non-Jewish groups, experts charge

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Some experts charged researchers of breast cancer of neglecting non-Jewish groups and suggest that scientist should concentrate on geographical ancestry rather than on ethnicity. They claim that other common mutations similar to Ashkenazi breast cancers BRCA mutations are being found in other parts of world also, but little of that research is conducted by US scientists who tend to use categories such as white and African-American that are too broad to be meaningful.

Science & research, Health aspects, Research, Genetic aspects, Breast cancer, Ashkenazim, BRCA mutations

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Canceled conference puts conflicts of interest under scrutiny

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The conference by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to set guidelines for preventing herpes transmission to newborns on January 18, 2007, was cancelled because three of the five speakers had industry backing. The Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest and scientists have protested the panelists' financial conflicts in a letter to the NIH.

Prevention, Practice guidelines (Medicine), Disease transmission, United States. National Institutes of Health, Herpesvirus diseases, Herpesvirus infections, Herpes

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Controversy over cervical cancer vaccine spurs safety surveillance

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The U.S Food and Drug Administration approved Gardasil, the first vaccine against human papilloma virus, causing cervical cancer in June 2006. But vaccine surveillance is being conducted through the Vaccine Safety Datalink to monitor the effects of this vaccine.

Government regulation, Complications and side effects, Cervical cancer, Licensing, certification and accreditation, Cancer vaccines, Gardasil (Vaccine)

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