Speaking days after the case against a multiple sclerosis sufferer accused of supplying cannabis was abandoned, Lord Prosser, a former High Court judge in Scotland, said the current laws on the Class B drug were unenforceable and should be scrapped. He has called for cannabis to be legalised and the drug supplied in the same way as alcohol and tobacco
Nerve cells derived from human embryonic stem cells and transplanted into paralysed rats have enabled the animals to walk again. The findings add to a growing number of studies that suggest embryonic stem cells could have a valuable role to play in treating spinal injuries
Shattered bones could soon be replaced by segments of artificial bone that can be printed
within hours. The artificial bone is strong enough to bear weight, and would slowly be replaced by new bone
The Orica Report
, suppressed for over a year, has finally been released due to an FOI application from the Greens, and pressure from the EPA. The report reveals a problem of lead pollution in Homebush Bay, and a reluctance on the part of the developer to admit the fact and responsibility for a cleanup
A small group of volunteers will participate in the first human trial of a new-generation vaccine against the AIDS virus developed by an Australian consortium
A wrist computer that tracks and calculates safe diving times and limits for SCUBA divers had a dangerous software bug that may have been covered up by company executives for years
Legalised cannabis will be prescribed to people suffering from chronic pain or wasting illnesses under a four-year trial to be run by the NSW Health Department. The State Government aims to introduce draft legislation to govern the trial during the current parliamentary sitting, with the trial to begin next year
The eccentric behaviour of Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton could have been caused by a mild form of autism. Professor Simon Cohen-Baron, of Cambridge University, believes that the two greatest physicists of all time showed classic signs of Asperger syndrome
The US sugar industry is threatening to bring the World Health Organisation to its knees by demanding that Congress end its funding unless the WHO scraps proposed guidelines on healthy eating
Italian scientists from the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan say they have cured mice suffering from a form of multiple sclerosis. They used a novel stem cell therapy that could offer new hope for patients with the auto-immune disease
An exotic flesh eating fly, the parasitic Old World Screwworm fly, which has been found on pet dogs overseas could find its way to Australia
A leading diabetes researcher, Baker Institute’s Danielle Alberti Memorial Centre director, Mark Cooper, will today outline a possible new treatment which could save the lives of juvenile diabetes sufferers
The Maryland General Assembly has voted to reduce penalties for cancer patients and others who smoke marijuana to relieve suffering
The world’s first brain prosthesis is about to be tested in California. The brain region to be replaced is the hippocampus, which encodes
experiences for storage as memories. Unlike devices like cochlear implants, which merely stimulate brain activity, the new silicon chip implant will take over the tasks of the damaged part of the brain
Environmental pollution crusader Erin Brockovich and her partner, Ed Masry, have a new cause — allegedly cancer-causing gases they say are leaking into the air in Los Angeles
Following firmly in Clinton’s footsteps, the retarded monkey boy‘s US$15 billion AIDS plan for Africa and Haiti would restrict the flow of money to groups that perform or promote abortions overseas
Ratepayers in the City of Stonnington have helped pay for a booklet by a pro-life group that claims there is a link between abortion and breast cancer. The claim has been condemned by a leading cancer specialist as untrue and scare mongering
Australian and US researchers have moved much closer to finding effective anti-malaria drugs by identifying 500 points in malaria DNA where drugs could shut the parasite down
Melbourne scientists, from the CSIRO and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, have made a landmark discovery that could lead to new drugs able to stop the spread of diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis
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