Nov 30
Health & Medicine Reference Writing in the December issue of the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), the group, which includes Professor Stephen Holgate, Medical Research Council Professor of Immunopharmacology at the University of Southampton, identifies deficiencies in a range of areas in relation to asthma, including: diagnosis, recognition of the disease nature, asthma control, set-up of clinical trials, ...
Nov 30
Health & Medicine Reference Jane Bower of the ESRC Innogen Centre, at University of Edinburgh, and colleagues highlight some of the recent advances in stem cell science in a new article. They suggest that research in this area holds promise for applications in regenerative medicine, but point out that technical and ethical remain to be addressed. The ...
Nov 30
Health & Medicine Reference The £92,300 study is funded by the Medical Research Council through its ‘Discipline Hopping’ Awards scheme which aims to provoke new collaborations between the physical and life sciences. For the next 12 months Dr Cyril Rauch, physicist and lecturer in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at Nottingham will be working with ...
Nov 30
Nov 25 2008 WalesOnline Ecstasy is too dangerous a drug to be downgraded, an expert in psychology said today. Professor Andy Parrott claimed it was a “very strong” substance that could give rise to major physical and social harm. He presented his argument to a Government advisory meeting which is considering whether MDMA – the chemical name as far ...
Nov 30
Nov 25 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail HEALTH MINISTER Edwina Hart has been accused of “Soviet-style” control and command over the NHS in Wales. Jonathan Morgan, the Conservatives’ Shadow Health Minister, launched an astonishing attack on what he said was her ambitions to politicise the NHS. Mrs Hart has announced that she will chair a new NHS advisory ...