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Health in 2008

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  • Article · 2008

    Vioxx Fears Force Product Withdrawal

    Vioxx is withdrawn from market on 1st October 2004, after concerns that long term use may lead to increased risk of heart attacks and strok…

    11 September 2008
  • Video · 2008

    What is Biotechnology?

    Biotechnology is the use of the science of genetics: alteration of genetic code by artificial means, and is therefore different from tradit…

    11 September 2008
  • Article · 2008

    Yet more e-mails on human cloning / genetics and replies

    Questions and Answers on cloning and the genetic revolution More recent e-mails on Human Cloning and other issues to Dr Patrick Dixon - and…

    11 September 2008
  • Article · 2008

    You are more than a bag of biodata

    More than a bag of biodata - The mystery of life.Making new kinds of animals, plants or even humans is within our grasp using gene technolo…

    11 September 2008
  • Video · 2008

    Human Cloning: Should Infertile Couples Be Cloned?

    Should infertile couples be cloned? Some infertile couples want to clone themselves because it is preferable they believe to using donated …

    10 September 2008
  • Article · 2008

    Cialis: impotence pill

    Cialis may rival Viagra as a treatment for erectile dysfunction. The launch of Viagra, the world's first treatment for impotency, was an in…

    10 September 2008
  • Video · 2008

    Cow / human clone hybrid

    World's best kept secret in cloning research The world's first human clone of an adult has now been made, by an American biotechnology comp…

    10 September 2008
  • Video · 2008

    Cow to give birth to a bison

    Scientists at Massachusetts Advances Cell Technology (ACT) succeeded in cloning a gaur, an ox-line animal at threat of extinction in Southe…

    10 September 2008
  • Article · 2008

    Ethics of Human Cloning

    Should we ban human cloning? Arguments against cloning. Human cloning ethics. Pros and cons of human cloning. Is cloning ethical under for …

    10 September 2008
  • Video · 2008

    Future of Medicine and Biotech

    Everything you wanted to know about the future of health care industry and related themes. Keynote speech plus videos below by Dr Patrick D…

    10 September 2008
  • Video · 2008

    Future of Stem Cell Research

    Keynote on embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells - biotech company progress. How stem cells are being used to rebuild old organs or eve…

    10 September 2008
  • Video · 2008

    Genetic Engineering

    Genetic Engineering: What is it, how does it work, what are the limitations? Read more on the powerful, life saving and deadly potential of…

    10 September 2008

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