Spare-part factory or scientific saviour?
Donor organs are scarce, but should we use xenotransplantation and stem-cell technology to fill the gap? Martin Ince looks at efforts to help clarify the ethical complexities arising from scientific...
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Reflections of a razor sharp mind
In a note to Isaiah Berlin, who died in 1997, Henry Hardy writes about the experience of editing the letters of the renowned historian of ideas, philosopher and essayist Dear Isaiah , At last, the...
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The return of the body snatchers
The shadowy trade in body parts has been exposed in the wake of accusations that UCLA staff have illegally sold cadavers donated to science. Stephen Phillips reports It's the modern-day incarnation...
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Today's news
MPs square up over fees bill Rebel Labour MPs will make their final attempt next week to force the government to abandon plans for variable tuition fees by tabling a radical amendment to the higher...
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Austria withdraws EU notification of Salzburg law banning genetic engineering
Brussels, 24 March 2004 Withdrawal of notification pursuant to Article 95(4) and (5) of the EC Treaty (Notification No 2003/A/9171 - Request for authorisation to introduce national provisions...
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Environmental issue report No 35: Mapping the impacts of recent natural disasters and technological accidents in Europe
Copenhagen, 24 Mar 2004 This is the first EEA publication to address the impacts of natural disasters and technological accidents across Europe. Focusing on major events between 1998 and 2002, the...
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Revised Text of Proposed Council Directive (Euratom) on the Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste (link)
Brussels, 24 Mar 2004 Full text of Document 7670/04 Suite of documents 7670/04 No. Cion prop.: No prev. doc.: 8990/03 ATO 95 ENER 132 5206/04 ATO 2 ENER 4 ENV 9 Subject: Proposal for a Council...
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Helping editors cope with breaches in scientific ethics
Brussels, 24 Mar 2004 Bribery, coercion, cheating, lying… this is not the rap sheet of a hardened criminal but a summary of the cases submitted last year to COPE, a special committee founded to...
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Commissaire Philippe Busquin: Progrès génétique et accès aux soins de santé Conférence " New genetic applications and access to healthcare " Bruxelles, le 24 mars 2004
Bruxelles, le 24 mars 2004 Mesdames et Messieurs, Je suis très content de vous retrouver ici pour discuter d'une question qui m'a interpellé dès que je suis devenu Commissaire à la Recherche. En 2000...
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MoU for the Implementation of a European Concerted Research Action Designated as COST Action 290 "Traffic and QoS Management in Wireless Multimedia Networks WI-QOST" (link)
Brussels, 24 Mar 2004 Full text of Document 255/04 Suite of documents 255/04 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST...
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MoU for the Implementation of a European Concerted Research Action Designated as COST Action B24 "Laboratory Animal Science Welfare" (link)
Brussels, 24 Mar 2004 Full text of Document 256/04 Suite of documents 256/04 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST...
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Increasing human resources for science and technology in Europe - 2 April 2004 - Brussels, Belgium - The Final programme is now available
Brussels, 24 Mar 2004 PROGRAMME 2 April 2004 - 9.00-17.00 - Registration starts at 08.30 The conference will address five crucial themes that will be developed during the panel sessions and a special...
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FP6 helps the fight against rare degenerative diseases
Brussels, 24 Mar 2004 The European Commission is providing 9.45 million euro for a new project aimed at finding a cure for a rare, late manifesting neurodegenerative diseases called spinocerebellar...
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Europeans not interested in 3G
Brussels, 24 Mar 2004 A survey by Harris Interactive has found that 49 per cent of mobile phone users in six of the EU's Member States are not interested in 3G, contradicting previous claims that...
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The PRELUDE Challenge - increasing regional innovation through partnership
Brussels, 24 Mar 2004 A conference on increasing regional applied research and innovation through public-private partnerships, in the context of the EU funded PRELUDE project, will take place in...