Thursday, November 30, 2006

Search For Better Breast Cancer Drugs

A joint initiative between computer scientists at the University of Edinburgh and cellular biologists at the Riken Genomic Research Centre in Japan may result in improved drug treatments for breast cancer sufferers that will also minimize side effects.

Search For Better Breast Cancer Drugs

Health Risks in the Future

The 1990 Global Burden of Disease study carried out by researchers at Harvard University and the World Health Organization (WHO) provided the first comprehensive global estimates of death and illness by age, sex, and region. Sponsored by the World Bank, it also provided projections of the global burden of disease and mortality up to 2020. Colin Mathers and Dejan Locar from the World Health Organization, Geneva have now updated the projections based on 2002 data.

Health Risks in the Future

Street Robbers Want More Than Money

New research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) reveals complex motivations behind street robbery in the UK. Rather than being simply an acquisitive crime, it commonly reflects a damaged sense of self in the perpetrator resulting in a need for violence or revenge, or to increase status among peers.

Street Robbers Want More Than Money