Implantable microchips can provide life-saving data in emergencies. Opposition to them is too often based on misinformation about what they can do
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Thursday, January 31
Myths About Implantable Chips
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Alex Hsieh on behalf of Professor Henry Wang
on Thu 31 Jan 2008 11:17 PM EST
Report: Malaria Deaths Drop in Rwanda, Ethiopia
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Alex Hsieh on behalf of Professor Henry Wang
on Thu 31 Jan 2008 11:15 PM EST
By David Brown
Widespread use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and state-of-the-art drugs have succeeded in cutting malaria deaths in half in two countries most heavily affected by the disease, the World Health Organization will report tomorrow. Link to Article Washingtonpost.com
Mutant Flu Virus Is Found That Resists Popular Drug
by
Alex Hsieh on behalf of Professor Henry Wang
on Thu 31 Jan 2008 11:13 PM EST
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
The World Health Organization said that a small but significant percentage of the main influenza virus causing illness this winter is resistant to the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu. Link to Article NYTimes.com
Lilly Considers $1 Billion Fine to Settle Case
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Alex Hsieh on behalf of Professor Henry Wang
on Thu 31 Jan 2008 11:12 PM EST
By ALEX BERENSON
The fine would settle a civil and criminal investigation into the company’s marketing of an antipsychotic drug. Link to Article NYTimes.com
Virtual Human in HIV Drug Simulation
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Alex Hsieh on behalf of Professor Henry Wang
on Thu 31 Jan 2008 11:10 PM EST
The combined supercomputing power of the UK and US ‘national grids’ has enabled University College London (UCL) scientists to simulate the efficacy of an HIV drug in blocking a key protein used by the lethal virus. The method – an early example of the Virtual Physiological Human in action – could one day be used to tailor personal drug treatments, for example for HIV patients developing resistance to their drugs.
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