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Written by Richard Watson
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Sunday, 13 May 2012 06:21 |
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Trends like open source innovation and customer co-creation are all the rage in some new product development circles, but surely patients can't invent their own drugs? Wrong. Patient-facilitated drug discovery isn't new either.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 13 May 2012 06:23 |
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Written by Richard Watson
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Sunday, 06 May 2012 01:02 |
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There are approximately 1,400 pathogens in the world that can kill people. According to researchers at Columbia University (US), new pathogens emerged (or re-emerged) 409 times during the past 50 years and the trend is accelerating significantly.
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Written by Richard Watson
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Monday, 23 April 2012 02:05 |
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The practice of using high-intensity ultrasound to kill tumours has been around for half a century. However, the practice, which involves focusing an ultrasound beam to heat tissues to up to 55 degrees centigrade, has a downside.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 13 May 2012 06:22 |
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The fad of online collectivism |
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Written by Richard Watson
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Saturday, 14 April 2012 05:02 |
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The idea of the wisdom of crowds has been around for a while but it is gaining momentum thanks to web 2.0. Most people think this is a good thing. Take Wikipedia for example. The issue is not Wikipedia itself but the way in which the site has become regarded and used. This is a point made in an essay by Jaron Lanier.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 06 May 2012 01:04 |
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Is fighting illness making people more sick? |
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Written by Richard Watson
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Monday, 02 April 2012 07:03 |
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It may be easier to raise funds for research into high-profile diseases like AIDS, malaria or TB, but money spent on this is diverted from improving health systems in poor countries. According to a WHO report, development assistance for health increased four times from $US5.6 billion in 1990 to $US21.8 billion in 2007. Until now, it was not known how that money was spent and whether it was directed effectively towards the everyday work of hospitals and clinics.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 20:30 |
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