Social issues loom in development of gene-specific meds, says Stanford reseacher
DENVER, Co- Imagine being sick and your doctor, rather than handing you a bottle of pills, constructs a medicine tailor-made specifically for your illness and genetic makeup. While this scenario remains several years off in the future, Stanford University Medical Center's PharmGKB (Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base) is working toward that end. Teri Klein, PhD, director of Pharm...Prominent UCSD, Salk reseachers to discuss politics and science of embryonic stem cell research
The volatile debate over research with human embryonic stem cells and the politics and science that surrounds it will be discussed by UCSD and Salk Institute researchers at a free lecture for the public Oct. 19 on the UCSD campus in La Jolla. ...... Titled Stem Cell Research: Where Science Meets Politics and Ethics, the lecture is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 in the UCSD Price Center T...ATLANTA, Ga. -- Neuroscientists at the Yerkes Primate Research Center of Emory University have.discovered in the brain a novel neurotransmitter that helps control food intake and seems to be.partially responsible for the feeling of satiety. The finding may eventually be used to develop.medications for obesity, a life-threatening, yet common condition that often lies at the root of.other serious...