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Register Your Clinical Trial Here

Jul 27, 2007

According to business|bytes|genes|molecules, India is starting a clinical trials registry with money from the World Health Organization. The blog also notes that WHO is trying to establish a global registry platform and that some medical journals are beginning to require that patients involved in a trial be registered -- part of an attempt to make sure enrolled patients are treated properly.

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Pig Organ Transplants Considered

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Food and Drug Administration may soon allow clinical trials that involve transplanting pig organs into humans.

'Poo-Bank' Proposal

Harvard Medical School researchers suggest people should bank stool samples when they are young to transplant when they later develop age-related diseases.

Spurred to Develop Again

New Scientist reports that researchers may have uncovered why about 60 percent of in vitro fertilization embryos stop developing.

Science Papers Examine Breast Milk Cell Populations, Cerebral Cortex Cellular Diversity, Micronesia Population History

In Science this week: unique cell populations found within breast milk, 100 transcriptionally distinct cell populations uncovered in the cerebral cortex, and more.