Author: Jeff


Posted on: 29th May 2009

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A U.S. health official said a swine flu vaccine could be available as early as October, but only if production and testing run smoothly this summer.
Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the agency began shipping virus samples to manufacturers in the past several days. The government will have to review [...]

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Author: Jeff


Posted on: 10th March 2009

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WASHINGTON, (AFP) – President Barack Obama lifted a ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, lauding potentialmedical breakthroughs and a new era for US science shorn of political ideology.
The president signed an executive order reversing predecessor George W. Bush’s ban, which critics say hampered the fight to find treatments for grave diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and diabetes.
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