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Fish eaters run lower risk of heart attack – despite some mercury content

Eat fish, but avoid fish with the most pollutants. This is the conclusion drawn by a group of researchers at Umeå University in Sweden after having weighed the risks of mercury content against the advantages of healthful ...

Health created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FDA-approved drug daclizumab makes established cancer vaccine work better

A team from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania found that the FDA-approved drug daclizumab improved the survival of breast cancer patients taking ...

Cancer created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Organizing human specimen collections: Getting the best out of biobanks

The diversity of biobanks, collections of human specimens from a variety of sources, raises questions about the best way to manage and govern them, finds a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Me ...

Genetics created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Europe tackles ethics of biobanks

Collections of human biological samples used in medical research should be governed by clear rules that safeguard ethics while advancing knowledge, scientists said Wednesday at a Council of Europe symposium.

Other created Jun 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bioethicists contribute to consensus opinion on the responsibility of biobanks

Bioethicists at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics are co-authors on a consensus article placing "significant responsibility" on biobanks to report individual research results (IRRs) and incidental findings (IFs) ...

Genetics created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds college students willing to donate genetic material to biobanks for research

A majority of college students is receptive to donating blood or other genetic material for scientific research, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University, Dallas.

Other created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0