Serbian researchers labour under tightening collar of UN sanctions

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Serbian scientists are striving to maintain research in Serbia despite UN sanctions while also working to remove Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic whose aggressive policies toward Bosnia-Herzegovina provoked the sanctions. The UN's cultural and economic sanctions against Serbia, approved on Jun 1, 1992, have thus far failed to stop the fighting among the republics in what used to be united Yugoslavia. However, the sanctions are making the continuance of work very difficult for Serbian scientists, some of whom fear that Serbian science may disappear altogether if defiance of the UN goes on.

International relations, Military aspects, Scientists, Yugoslavia, United Nations, Yugoslavian foreign relations, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina

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Italians first to use stem cells

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Genetically altered stem cells were used for the first time to treat adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency, a rare hereditary disease. Researchers headed by Claudio Bordignon of the H San Raffaele Research Institute in Milan, Italy, believe that the new gene therapy may cure a 5-year-old ADA deficiency patient. The new therapy required that stem cells be transfected with the ADA gene and then injected back into the patient. Bordignon's team used stem cells rather than lymphocytes because stem cells have an unlimited life span.

Health aspects, Care and treatment, Research, Gene therapy, Stem cells, Adenosine deaminase deficiency, ADA deficiency

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Research reactors may give Scottish reprocessing plant new lease of life

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The UK Atomic Energy Authority and the US Department of Energy are negotiating for reprocessing the highly enriched uranium in the UK. The Dounreay processing plant in Scotland will be used for the reprocessing. The negotiations are being disturbed by the earlier agreement between the two countries regarding the exchange and use of nuclear reactor equipment.

United Kingdom, United States, Science and technology policy, Nuclear research

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