US drug approval ignores science's subtleties, experts say

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A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel in March 2006 decided unanimously to allow the drug, Tysabri, back on the market with some restrictions based on a two-day meeting in which people who had benefited from the drug tearfully testified the treatment as their only hope. Tysabri was launched in November 2004 but withdrawn three months later by the drug makers after discovering that a rare brain infection called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy struck two people and killed one.

Government regulation, Causes of, Complications and side effects, Drug therapy, Licensing, certification and accreditation, Multiple sclerosis, United States. Food and Drug Administration, Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive multifocal, Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, Tysabri (Medication)

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The body snatchers

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The increasing demand for human tissues, required for education, transplant and research, is giving rise to a flourishing underground market for human body parts, state observers. A discussion on the illegal tissue trade, the loopholes in the law that allow it to continue, and some suggestions on how researchers can ensure transparency in the process of acquiring cadavers is presented.

Public affairs, Ethics, Ethical aspects, Donation of organs, tissues, etc., Tissue donation, Sale of organs, tissues, etc., Tissue selling (Medicine)

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Pricey cancer genome project struggles with sample shortage

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The Cancer Genome Atlas Project came into existence in December 2005 to examine different types of tumors and develop treatments for the same. Although the project costs more than $100 million, it has not been able to meet the target of collecting 50,000 samples of more than hundred types of cancers.

Science & research, Research, Cancer, Cancer genetics, Oncogenes

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