British group backs French scientist

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French National Blood Transfusion Center (CTNS) specialist Jean-Pierre Allain who has been charged with culpability for the allowing the treatment of haemophiliacs with HIV-infected blood, received the backing of a British ethics committee. The committee stated that Allain discharged his duties with proper decorum by warning his superiors of the dangers of transfusion with potentially-contaminated bllod and also recommended the adoption og foreign heat-treatment devices. Allain has been suspended at his own request from the CTNS but continues to serve as transfusion medicine professor at the University of Cambridge.

Health aspects, Cases, Ethical aspects, Scientists, Blood transfusion, Hemophiliacs, Allain, Jean-Pierre

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Pay-as-you-go forensics could hurt British justice

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A Royal Commission on Criminal Justice report stated that British Forensic Science Service's new policy of charging police a fee for each examined item may limit defendants' chances of receiving fair treatment. This customer-contractor relationship has already resulted in a 20% reduction of items submitted according to one forensic scientist. Previously, forensic scientists were able to participate in the evidence gathering process, but the new policy does not allow them to request more evidence.

Research, Management, Evidence (Law), Criminal investigation, United Kingdom. Forensic Science Service

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Wolfson Foundation's policy on animals anger other British medical charities

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One of Britain's leading sponsors of university research, Wolfson Foundation, spends about 17 million pounds sterling a year on medical research but does not finance research using animal tissue. This policy reflects the personal aversion of its chairman, Lord Wolfson, towards animal experiments. Medical charities are concerned that this move may discourage medical and dental researchers who see such projects to be important and that other funding bodies may follow suit.

Finance, Science and technology policy, Medical research, Research funding, Charitable trusts, Animal experimentation

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