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Rarer cancers under the microscope
Good article in today’sDaily Mail about rare cancers. It will give you a good understanding of the issues and difficulties In making these cancers the subject of research and treatment development:...
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Parliament’s take on peer review in scientific publications
Here is the BBC News online report about today’s parliamentary select committee report about peer review in scientific publications and the report itself is here. More later I suspect. Tagged: House of...
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How many NHS letters will I get today….?
This is a picture of four of the five letters I have received from the NHS about my forthcoming dermatological appointment. All in the last week. One for the original appointment. Two to cancel it. Two...
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MS stem cell breakthrough
Today’s MS stem cell story is running on the front page of today’s hard copy edition of the London Evening Standard because of the strong London connection. So I thought I’d post it here. Well done to...
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Cancer prevention message from a credible source
I am sure some of you may have seen or heard this story from this morning. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) have rightly used statistics showing the higher incidence of cancer among women in...
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Government’s Big Society recipe ill-served by its cooks
Last week I think it was, David Cameron’s guest editorship of the Big Issue attracted a fair bit of coverage. The Daily Telegraph said the PM was using it as an opportunity to kick-start his Big...
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Off-shoring clinical trials
Interesting article from the US today about the pros and cons of offshoring clinical trials. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/08/03/report-questions-offshoring-in-us-heart-studies/
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INVOLVE membership drive – help shape the future of public involvement in UK...
Passion more than duty prevails upon me to post details of INVOLVE’s search for new members. As you may know I have recently taken over as Chair of INVOLVE. Just follow the links below . Copy as...
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NHS reforms to face a tough round of Peer review this autumn
We are a nation that no longer knows when to put its rubbish bins out. So I reflected, as I dragged our two overflowing wheelie bins back to their usual place. To be fair to Bromley Council, it’s not...
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Sciencewise: 10/10 see you again – I sincerely hope so!
Sciencewise, the Government funded body which aims to improve science and technology policy-making by making better use of public dialogue, is celebrating its tenth birthday this year. Set up in 2004...
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