US-Cuba row over insects goes to weapons meeting

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A meeting of countries that signed the 1975 Biological Weapons Convention will hear allegations by Cuba that the US discharged Thrips palmi, an insect pest, over Cuba in 1996. The meeting was requested by Russia, but it will have no powers to investigate further or impose sanctions, and could only recommend that the United Nations Security Council seek an investigation. State Department aircraft for the eradication of narcotics crops had been authorized to fly across Cuban airspace to Colombia, and were said to have released an unidentified substance over an area which later had an outbreak of Thrips palmi. The State Department claims that only smoke was released to signal its presence.

United States, United States foreign relations, Cuban foreign relations, Cuba, Insect pests

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Calls for cloning ban sell science short

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Scientists contend that restrictions on human cloning experiments could stifle further developments in animal biotechnology and medicine. The warning was aired by the scientific community in response to the growing public clamor for an outright ban on human cloning. While acknowledging the need for ethical debate, many scientists claim that the public tends to focus unfairly on the hypothetical applications of human cloning and not on the immediate and realistic possibilities.

Public opinion, Cloning

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Lost in translation

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The traditional approach of academia, the disease research needs to be changed for a better research and development of drugs and vaccines for various neglected diseases in the world. The analysis suggests that more advanced researches need to be carried out in order to make it more fruitful.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Developing Countries, Health aspects, Evaluation, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Pharmaceutical research, Academia

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