Archive for 2004

Trouble for California Cloning?

Trouble for California Cloning? The United Nations will likely decide Friday, after many delays, whether to vote on an international cloning ban, vote on a new declaration introduced by Italy or delay voting once again. Just weeks after Californians voted for a $3 billion proposition to fund embryonic stem-cell research, which would include therapeutic cloning, […]


The Murky History of Merck's Vioxx

The Murky History of Merck’s Vioxx Merck’s decision to withdraw its popular arthritis drug Vioxx from the market in late September has raised questions about the process leading up to its regulatory approval in 1999 as well as the importance of subsequent medical studies. Here are some key dates in the Vioxx saga:


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