Trans-species transplant raise virus fears

Article Abstract:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) will examine a proposal from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to infuse baboon bone marrow into an HIV patient as it may improve the weakened immune system because the baboon bone marrow is not affected by the HIV virus. However, the officials are concerned about the possible side effects of xenotransplantation as it carries the risk of creating dangerous new viruses. The authorities will also draw safety guidelines.

Care and treatment, Innovations, HIV patients, Bone marrow, Bone marrow transplantation, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., Organ transplantation, Tissue transplantation, Transplantation

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Make marijuana research easier, panel urges NIH

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A group of scientific advisers has given the NIH a report exhorting it to create a centralized, administrative means to speed up the design and conduct of studies involving the potentially therapeutic effects of marijuana. Such mechanisms would promote grant applications for research into the use of marijuana for glaucoma, analgesia, appetite stimulation, neurological disorders, nausea following following anti-cancer treatments and movement disorders.

Science and technology policy, United States. National Institutes of Health, Medical marijuana, Hallucinogenic drugs

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Call for human subjects monitoring body

Article Abstract:

The US National Bioethics Advisory Committee is looking into the creation of an independent monitoring body for the protection of human subjects in federally funded research. The Office of Government Ethics has been put forward as a possible model for the new body, which would monitor problems and seek compliance from government bodies.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Research and Testing Services, Medical Research, Ethical aspects

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