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Presentation Of The National Consortium For Translational Cancer Research
No progress without research - this is particularly true for cancer medicine. The chances of cure for those affected can only be further increased if research results are swiftly transferred from the laboratory into clinical practice. Framework conditions for this research transfer, also called translational research, will now be optimized in Germany. Last Tuesday, German Research Minister Annette Schavan, Friedrich Carl Janssen, Chairman of German Cancer Aid (Deutsche Krebshilfe), and Professor Dr. Otmar D. Wiestler, Scientific Director of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) presented the "National Consortium for Translational Cancer Research" in Berlin.

Dozens Arrested In National Medicare Fraud Bust
The Associated Press reports: "Federal authorities arrested more than 30 suspects, including doctors, and were seeking others in a major Medicare fraud bust Wednesday in New York, Louisiana, Boston and Houston, targeting scams such as "arthritis kits" - expensive braces that many patients never used. More than 200 agents worked on the $16 million bust that included 12 search warrants at health care businesses and homes across the Houston area, where the bulk of the arrests were made. Federal authorities say those businesses were giving patients "arthritis kits," which were nothing more than expensive orthotics that included knee and shoulder braces and heating pads. Patients told authorities they were unnecessary and many never even received them. But health care clinic owners billed between $3,000 to $4,000 for each kit. ... In some cases, clinic owners billed patients who were dead when they allegedly received the items" (Kennedy, 7/29).
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Obama's Embryonic Stem Cell Proposal Goes 'Only Halfway' To Improving Research, Columnist Says
The Obama administration"s draft guidelines outlining criteria for federal funding of stem cell research "go only halfway toward freeing embryonic stem cell research" because "[s]ome of the most promising investigations will still be denied federal funding," syndicated columnist Froma Harrop writes in a Providence Journal opinion piece. Harrop writes that although "the public supports the research by more than two to one," there is "a vocal minority opposed to this work because it requires the destruction of embryos." According to Harrop, although Obama allowed research on embryos willingly donated by fertility clinic patients and lifted former President George W. Bush"s restrictions limiting federal funding to research on 21 existing stem cell lines, he "wouldn"t budge on the prohibition against funding research that allows for the creation of embryos out of human cells," known as therapeutic cloning. She notes that "therapeutic cloning has little to do with human cloning, which is about making new people and is illegal most everywhere. But say that cloning is being used in research, and many folks think they"re going to have a clone as a neighbor in a few years."Harrop continues, "[B]y allowing the use of embryos from fertility clinics and not those created by researchers, the administration lends credence to the view that embryos are full human beings." However, the "only difference between embryos in fertility clinics and the ones cloned for research is the motive of the people who created them." She concludes, "Obama"s timidity in rewriting the guidelines has slowed down important research and produced more confusion. And for Americans praying for cures from this science, the choice seems rather clear" (Harrop, Providence Journal, 5/28).
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Local Schools And Families To Meet Plague Doctor

In June, the Royal College of Physicians will be holding a series of workshops with local schools and families exploring The Great Plague of 1665 and the involvement of the Royal College of Physicians. This is part of a month-long festival The Story of London, Past, Present and Future taking place throughout June 2009. The festival promotes London"s rich cultural and historical heritage, celebrates its vibrant present and looks forward to its exciting future. A historical actor will bring to life 17th-century Nathaniel Hodges, one of the few physicians to remain in London when the epidemic hit. Participants will have the opportunity to handle replica artefacts and try on a plague doctor"s clothing, as they learn about the life of a 17th-century physician, the tools of his trade, and the diagnosis and treatment of the plague - including some weird and wonderful remedies such as the flesh of rattlesnakes and power of toads. Participants will also have the chance to explore prints, plague treatises, recipe books, and herbals from the College"s collections, and use these as inspiration to create their own treatments and botanical cures for 17th-century illnesses and modern day ailments. Notes 1. More information about the workshop is available here. 2. Booking details: The free family workshop will take place on Saturday 20 June from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm at The Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent"s Park, London, NW1 4LE . The workshop is aimed at 9-14 year olds and their parents or carers. Places are limited and booking is essential. Call 0207 935 1174 ext 543 or email: heritage@rcplondon.ac.uk to book a place. 3. For more information about the schools and family workshops contact Bridget Telfer, Audience Development Co-ordinator, on 0207 935 1174 Ext 510 Royal College of Physicians


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