Écrit par EMBO | 16 Juillet 2012

HEIDELBERG, 16 July 2012 – What determines the rate of ageing and how can we live longer? How do cells grow and divide? What new species have been recently discovered in the depths of the ocean? These are some of the questions scientists will attempt to answer at The EMBO Meeting to be held in Nice, France, on 22-25 September.

This year more than 1500 scientists from around the world...

Écrit par WHO | 16 Juillet 2012

GENEVA ¦ 12 July 2012 – Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than non-disabled children, according to a review commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) and published today in the medical journal The Lancet.


Findings from the review indicate that children with disabilities are: 3.7 times more likely than non-disabled children to...

Écrit par WHO | 16 Juillet 2012

LONDON/GENEVA |11 July 2012 – The World Health Organization (WHO) today committed to fast-track its assessment of new and existing quality contraceptives so more women in low- and middle-income countries can obtain and use a broader range of safe and effective contraceptive products.

Other pledges made by WHO at today’s Family Planning Summit in London include support to countries to...

Écrit par GBI | 16 Juillet 2012

NEW YORK (GBI Research), 13 July 2012 - Biobetters, drugs that have been improved since their initial incarnations, are demonstrating fantastic growth and leaving their originators well behind, states new research by pharmaceutical business specialists GBI Research.

The new report* explains how the more advanced drugs are far outstripping their biologic predecessors in terms of sales and...