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81) Fed up!
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2014.
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About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically engineered ingredients and the biotech industry is spending {dollar}50 million a year to convince us that this technology is our only hope. Using hilarious and disturbing archival footage and featuring interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, Fed up! presents an entertaining and compelling overview of our current food production system from the Green Revolution to the...
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In a world devastated by war, cyber-attacks, disease, and natural disasters, over half the global population cannot obtain essential health services. The most vulnerable among us are often pushed into poverty by out-of-pocket medical costs, or left to die from preventable diseases. Rebooting Global Health: Changing How We Approach Health Technology follows trailblazing medical workers, health organizations, community leaders, and entrepreneurs who...
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This essential explains what distinguishes light sheet microscopy from ordinary light microscopy. The author briefly examines the history of such principles, focusing on the technical concepts. Finally, current manifestations are presented without descending into the depths of the art of engineering. The unusual feature of light-sheet microscopy is not only that observation and illumination take place at a right angle, but also that this type of microscopy...
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The birth of Dolly -- the world's first clone -- placed in our hands the secret of creation. Few discoveries have so altered our notion of what it means to be human, or presented such a Gordian knot of ethical, spiritual, and scientific questions. Noted science journalist Gina Kolata broke the news nationally in The New York Times and was the first reporter to speak with Dr. Ian Wilmut, the embryologist who cloned Dolly. Now Kolata reveals the story...
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El libro "Clonación: El Ciclo de Vida Replicado", involucra cuestiones éticas además de aspectos científicos y técnicos. Se discuten los impactos sociales de la clonación, la diversidad genética y la identidad. El libro ofrece una revisión reflexiva de las cuestiones éticas y sus consecuencias para la sociedad, fomentando una discusión razonada e iluminadora. El lector también está invitado a explorar el mundo de la clonación de plantas...
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"El libro Programas de Monitoreo del Medio Marino Costero: Diseños Experimentales, Muestreos, Métodos de Análisis y Estadística Asociada es el primero de su género en el país. En quince capítulos se analizan aspectos, tanto disciplinares como interdisciplinares, relacionados con programas de monitoreo marino costero que forman parte de la legislación ambiental chilena. En cada uno se examinan aspectos sobre historia legislativa ambiental del...
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"Ten thousand years after humans figured out how to stop wandering and plant crops, veteran investigative journalist Mark Schapiro plunges into the struggle already underway for control of seeds, the ground-zero ingredient for our food. Three quarters of the seed varieties on Earth in 1900 had become extinct by 2015. In Seeds of Resistance, Schapiro takes us onto the frontlines of a struggle over the seeds that remain, one that will determine the...
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For centuries, we've toyed with our creature companions, breeding dogs that herd and hunt, housecats that look like tigers, and teacup pigs that fit snugly in our handbags. But, what happens when we take animal alteration a step further, engineering a cat that glows green under ultraviolet light or cloning the beloved family Labrador? Science has given us a whole new toolbox for tinkering with life. How are we using it?
In Frankenstein's Cat, the...
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Winner of Maverick of The Year Award and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, and featured by WSJ, Fortune and Bloomberg TV for his battle to defeat unlawful actions by the FDA, Dr. Gulfo provides a first-hand riveting account of an against-all odds fight that demonstrates what it takes to advance breakthrough medical products that truly benefit patients. Having been responsible for the development and FDA approval of three innovative...
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The book is divided into eight chapters that covers key aspects of pharmaceutical market access in emerging markets. From understanding the healthcare environment, to the personal and organizational mindset, to pricing, market access solutions and negotiations. The book is based on practical experience that gives the reader knowledge and know-how to apply practical market access solutions to improve access to innovative medicine in emerging markets....
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The Pharmaceutical Industry in India has been a success story for the development of an Indigenous and self-reliant industry. The pharmaceutical sector of Indian economy is an imperative module of health system and planners fittingly acknowledged its role by awarding it the 1970 Patent Act. However, the launching of economic reforms in 1990s, creation of WTO and implementation of TRIPS agreements in 2005 altered the economic paradigm of Indian Pharmaceutical...
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There are a number of natural humic substances, which have been, identified and used as part of traditional medicine worldwide. The usage has, evolved from centuries of knowledge sharing, careful observation and practical experience gained from using these amazing bio-products of nature. Shilajit or Mummiyois one such humic substance that has been, used for centuries as, part of folk medicine and has been, ascribed with miraculous, rejuvenating and...
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Developing life-changing drugs is risky and expensive-but that's not what makes them unaffordable. Drug pricing is a staple of every news cycle and political debate. And, while we've struggled for decades to agree on solutions that serve all patients without jeopardizing the invention of new medicines, many Americans suffer because they can't afford the drugs they need.
Do we really have to choose between affordability and innovation?
In The Great...
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El presente libro de investigación, avalado para su publicación por pares académicos, analiza la propiedad industrial a la luz de los más de veinte años de vigencia de la Decisión Andina 486 de 2000. La investigación realizada trasciende el ámbito normativo para analizar también las implicaciones sociales, políticas y económicas del modelo de desarrollo implícito en dicha normatividad. Asaz interesante resulta el parangón con China, su...
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El ARN, el hermano menor de la genética, nos ha llevado a reformular la teoría del origen de la vida y ha conseguido desplazar del pedestal al arrogante ADN, produciendo un cambio de paradigma en el campo de las ciencias biomédicas y la evolución de las especies.
A principios de 2020, la pandemia COVID-19 atacó a la humanidad causando millones de muertos. En un alarde tecnológico sin precedentes y en tan solo 12 meses, los científicos crearon...
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La crise du coronavirus illustre de façon presque caricaturale ce qui, dans l'économie des produits pharmaceutiques telle qu'elle existe aujourd'hui, nous condamne à voir diminuer inexorablement le nombre des personnes qui ont accès aux innovations de santé — dans les pays pauvres comme dans les pays riches. Or il est possible de changer de trajectoire et d'éviter la multiplication du tri sur une base économique. Il faut, pour ce faire, comprendre...
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Con el propósito de incrementar la viabilidad de los probióticos durante su almacenamiento, inclusión en el alimento de los peces y extrusión, así como en el paso por el tracto gastrointestinal, se hace necesario el uso de técnicas para la protección de los probióticos en estos ambientes. Dentro de estas técnicas se encuentra la encapsulación. Varios estudios se han enfocado en la utilización de probióticos en la alimentación de tilapia,...
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Synopsis: Hadrian is a junior cancer scientist who is diagnosed with brain cancer and given one year to live. He knows that a miracle drug is not coming any time soon, so he decides to speed up drug discovery process by shocking the corrupt system. He kills the director of the Price Harry Cancer Research Center where he works. The center is a monster consuming huge amount of funds while providing little, if any, benefit to the hopeful donors and patients....
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Concepts once purely fiction, robots, cyborg parts, artificial intelligences, are becoming part of everyday reality. Soon robots will be everywhere, performing surgery, exploring hazardous places, making rescues, fighting fires, handling heavy goods. After a decade or two, they will be as unremarkable as the computer screen is now in offices, airports or restaurants.
Cyborgs will be less obvious. These additions to the human body are interior now,...
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