July 8, 2005 Comments Off on India needs a body like FDA for quality control in drugs Posted in: General Biotechnology The health ministry has decided to set up an autonomous drug control authority on the lines of the US Food and Drugs Administration, but with a mandate going far beyond the latter.
June 6, 2005 Comments Off on U.S. relatively hospitable to stem-cell research Posted in: General Biotechnology The United States appears to be a relatively hospitable place for embryonic stem cell research, especially compared to Canada and some nations in Europe where governments not only refuse financial support for human cloning to produce stem cells, they outlaw the practice.
