Medical research
Viewpoint: Colonial legacies fuel unfair practices in African research
Africa's data science ecosystem has the potential to drive transformative scientific research and health care advancements.
Feb 19, 2024
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News tagged with intellectual property
Medical economics
Stronger international laws needed to prevent 'parallel pandemic of human rights,' say experts
You could say we got off easy this time around. While COVID-19 has killed almost 7 million people globally and caused widespread economic distress, it wasn't the worst pandemic the world could face.
Feb 12, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Independent monitoring of the WHO pandemic agreement is non-negotiable, experts say
An accountability framework, including independent monitoring of state compliance, is critical for the pandemic agreement's success, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and affiliates ...
Nov 8, 2023
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Vaccination
Pharma firm, labs share tech for COVID research equity: WHO
A global COVID-19 knowledge-sharing platform has secured three new licensing agreements to transfer vaccine technologies, including one with the first private manufacturer to join the initiative, the World Health Organization ...
Aug 29, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Clinical trial finds liver dialysis device is safe and effective for treating severe liver failure
The first successful in-patient trial of liver dialysis has been completed by researchers from UCL, the Royal Free Hospital, UCL spin-out Yaqrit and their collaborators.
May 31, 2023
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Dentistry
Using AI algorithms to streamline orthodontic care
Dr. Madhur Upadhyay and his collaborators have invented an artificial intelligence tool to assist clinicians in determining next steps for patients' orthodontic care.
Mar 22, 2023
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Medical economics
What will it take to boost Africa's vaccine production?
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of vaccines in controlling infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa and renewed interest in vaccine research and development across the continent.
Mar 1, 2023
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Medical economics
Sharing vaccine intellectual property with global community could save millions of lives
If pharmaceutical companies shared their intellectual property rights to vaccines with the global community, millions of lives could be saved in future pandemics, according to a new paper co-authored by faculty at Binghamton ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monkeypox: The next global vaccine equity failure?
Inequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines has turned out to be the catastrophic moral failure the World Health Organization's director-general warned about at the beginning of 2021.
Aug 30, 2022
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Medications
Parents become drug developers to save their children's lives
Maggie Carmichael wasn't developing like other kids. As a toddler, she wasn't walking and had a limited vocabulary for her age.
Jul 26, 2022
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