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...AIDS Efforts to quell the epidemic took three steps forward and one step back this year. The first human trials of a vaccine against African strains of HIV began in Kenya and England. The FDA approved a new anti-HIV drug. And leaders of developing nations, in which 95% of aids cases occur, pledged more funding to fight the economic and social devastation caused by the disease. But South African President Thabo Mbeki sounded a sour note when he openly questioned whether HIV causes aids. That prompted more than 5,000 scientists to sign a declaration decrying the waste...
...final hurdles before any new drug--conventional or genomic--can come to market are the FDA's extensive testing procedures for safety and efficacy, which can take up to 15 years. Despite recent well-publicized recalls, the agency's rigorous standards and safety record are the envy of the industrialized world...
...side effects like fever, chills, aches and pains. Researchers have developed a modified form of interferon called Pegasys that can be taken once a week instead of three times and has fewer, milder and more transient side effects. Best of all, Pegasys is two to five times as effective. FDA approval is expected soon...
GMOs do present risks, but they are not nearly as horrible as opponents make them out to be. The FDA approval process for GMOs is rigorous. Advantages such as higher crop yields and less pesticide use benefit both producers and consumers...
...Diagnostic Imaging System is a camera tucked inside a tiny capsule that, when swallowed, takes a sci-fi jaunt through the body, beaming detailed color images to a patient-worn belt that are then downloaded onto a computer for analysis. It's cool--and currently being tested overseas--but FDA approval is still years away, and so far doctors have been plagued by an inability to maneuver the capsule. We believe Martin Short is available...