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...drug companies eager to protect their patent rights, explained Dean Hamer, chief of the National Cancer Institute?s gene structure and regulation section. Calling for more transparency in such experimental procedures, he said there was a simple explanation for why there aren?t tougher federal regulations on informed consent: ?Just follow the money,? said Hamer, and you?ll get the answer. He cited treatment of AIDs as a prime example of economics-driven medicine. ?There are great drugs for HIV,? he said, ?but only 3% of the people affected get them...
...incredibly offensive to me. As a student of Harvard University, neither I, nor any other woman, should have to see this obscene and grossly inappropriate thing on my way to class. No one should have to be subjected to an erect penis without his or her express permission or consent...
Estrada’s refusal to make known his legal opinions also sets a dangerous precedent and undermines the legitimacy of the Senate’s constitutional role to advise and consent. If Estrada is confirmed, other staunch conservative candidates are likely to get through as well, helping President Bush in his efforts to pack courts with right-wing ideologues...
You’ve been at the forefront of the campaign for queer studies at Harvard. What do you think it will take for Harvard to consent to the program...
...Nevertheless Washington has made it clear in recent weeks that it is determined to get to the truth. In December, George W. Bush sent a personal envoy to Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri to underline the importance he attached to finding the culprits in the Papua killings. With Megawati's consent, four FBI agents were dispatched to Indonesia, arriving in Jakarta on Jan. 23 and traveling to Papua earlier this month to begin an inquiry into the attack. The FBI has conducted two previous probes into the matter but lacked the authority until now to complete a thorough investigation...