Acceptance of marijuana therapy prompts call for more research

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Anti-drug laws have made research on the positive medical effects of marijuana impossible. However, voters in Arizona and California have approved the medical use of the drug for treating nausea, pain and loss of hunger in AIDS, cancer and other diseases. The broader Arizona law allows doctors to prescribe marijuana, heroin and LSD. The Drug Enforcement Administration will continue to consider possession and cultivation of marijuana as felony. Hindrance to marijuana research is the difficulty in dosage control and measurement, and in double-blind experiments.

Reports, Marijuana, Drug utilization, Drug monitoring, Legalization of narcotics, Narcotics legalization

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Anthropologist cleared in patent dispute

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The government of Papua New Guinea has taken back its allegations of wrongdoing against Carol Jenkins, an anthropologist, over the patenting of a cell line acquired from the Hagahai people of Madang Province. The government has agreed that the research was pursued with the approval of the Hagahai people. Jenkins has agreed to offer her assistance to the government for formulating a policy on the legality for native population research. The patent issue would help in resolving social and ethical issues of patenting DNA fragments taken from the human beings.

Social aspects, Laws, regulations and rules, Intellectual property, Patents, Genetics, Papua New Guinea

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Biologists denounce UC role in funding start-up companies

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The University of California system is planning to set up a for-profit Technology Development Company which will develop faculty ideas into prototypes, and be involved in licensing and commercialization of the products.However, some biologists led by professor emeritus Paul Boyer believe that the plan would end up costing the university more and divert valuable resources from education. The biologists's sentiments are contained in a letter signed by43 eminent molecular biologists including two Nobel laureates.

Planning, Economic aspects, Venture capital companies, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, University of California, Technology transfer, Molecular biologists

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