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Researchers announced Tuesday the successful integration of laboratory-grown urinary bladders into patients, signalling a breakthrough in a field beset with hardship and controversy. According to a report released by the British journal The Lancet, scientists from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School used cell samples of a patient’s bladder to re-grow the full-sized organ before surgically inserting it above the old one. “This is one small step in our ability to go forward in replacing damaged tissues and organs,” said Anthony Atala, director...
Countries around the world have been stockpiling the antiviral drug Tamiflu in preparation for a possible avian-flu pandemic. But a review published in the journal Lancet last week cast doubt on the drug?s effectiveness. Researchers in Rome analyzed existing studies and concluded there is no ?credible evidence? that Tamiflu works against bird flu. While acknowledging that the drug has considerable limitations?to be effective, it must be administered soon after flu symptoms appear?the World Health Organization questioned the review?s conclusions, and said it won?t change its recommendation that governments keep stocking up on the drug...
...Pedersen, a spokesperson for the New England Journal. The Journal editors are now checking with the authors of the paper to explore whether formal retraction is necessary. Pedersen says that the Journal began looking into the matter earlier this week as soon as they learned about the problems at Lancet...
...hospital spokesman told the BBC, ?[Sudbo?s] database had been completely fabricated on his computer." A Norwegian daily reported that 250 of the 908 people in the Lancet study shared the same birthday...
...Lancet work involved research that concluded that common painkillers like ibuprofen could help reduce the risk of oral cancer among smokers-although at the risk of dying from cardiovascular problems. The research in the New England Journal papers had to do with the potential use of DNA tests to determine the severity of oral cancers and precancerous lesions...