POLICY

Grandmother Wins Over BRCA-1 Cancer Gene Patent

POLICY 10.08.2015 00:15 AM

The study and application of gene mutation for breast cancer continue to put a woman’s life in danger.

FDA Approves Novo Nordisk's Long-Awaited Diabetes Drug

10.06.2015 22:52 PM

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Tresiba, two years after rejecting the long-acting form of insulin.

Skype To be Used In Criminal Trials Investigations

10.06.2015 22:39 PM

A video conferencing through Skype will help examine the witness in a criminal trial. Skype is an IP telephony service provider that offers free calls between subscribers and offer low-cost charge to those who are not.

The Best Way For Organizations In Using Big Data

09.24.2015 02:25 AM

The next thing is being transparent. Companies should show to all organizational members what kind of data are being collected, which times and how it is used and how could it affect them.

AVG Admitted To Selling Consumers’ Non-Personal Data

09.21.2015 21:41 PM

AVG had changed the way privacy policies are done. Antivirus Software giant AVG admitted that they are going to put on sale to third party companies the consumer data they collected in subscribing to their service.

Ohio's Fight For Cannabis Legalization Continues

09.21.2015 02:57 AM

Toledo, Ohio voted yes on the decriminalization of marijuana Toledo City, Ohio has won the approval of the ballot measure, but the fight has only started for the state on the legalization of Cannabis or Marijuana on both medical and recreational use.

College Scoreboard To Help Incoming Students Launched By Obama

09.14.2015 18:19 PM

Obama launched the "College Scorecard" last Friday. The Obama Administration launched a new website to help students gauge the colleges and universities to pick to aid them in their pursuit of career without financial compromises.

New Human Species Called Homo Naledi Found In "Rising Star"

09.13.2015 19:59 PM

More than 1500 bones, belonging to at least 15 skeletons were recently found by a team of researchers in a cave system dubbed as the Rising Star located in South Africa.

WHO Announces Liberia As Ebola-Free Again

09.08.2015 22:01 PM

The health agency in Liberia declared that they were successful to stop the second spreading of Ebola epidemic in the country.

College Students Use Marijuana Over Tobacco -- Research

09.08.2015 21:14 PM

College students now prefer to use Marijuana than smoke tobacco. A new wave of trend has been making rounds on the college students. For the first time in more than three decades, marijuana, or what they call "weed" has stumped tobacco on terms of the number of people who use.

Federal Government Helps 16 States With Grant To Fight Prescription Drug Abuse

09.08.2015 01:45 AM

Several American states will receive a federal grant to help them combat the increasing abuse of drug prescriptions.

Banning Dangerous Research: Hindering Vaccination Development

09.06.2015 22:01 PM

Is the suspension of the Vaccine development really for the better The gain of function (GOF) studies has been around for years. It's more popular for the term mutation, which scientists have been applying to a lot of things such as viruses, to create more potent and high class deadly virus and eventually find the cure or the perfect vaccine that could fight against the current deadly viral diseases such as MERS, SARS and Influenza.