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Statement From The IDF Related To Studies Published In Diabetelogia Suggesting Possible Link Between Insulin Glargine And Cancer
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) called for urgent assessment and responses from regulatory authorities into a possible link between the use of insulin glargine (an insulin analogue) and increased risk of cancer based on findings published on 26 June, 2009 in Diabetelogia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).

National Institutes Of Health Chooses Web Of Science(R) To Power Electronic Scientific Portfolio Assistant (eSPA)
Thomson Reuters with Discovery Logic, Inc. announced that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has chosen Web of Science((R)) data to power the NIH electronic Scientific Portfolio Assistant (eSPA). eSPA is an information technology system designed to assist NIH grants management officials in creating grant portfolios and tracking research outputs and outcomes, including publications and citations.
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Parasites Ready To Jump
Transposons are mobile genetic elements found in the hereditary material of humans and other organisms. They can replicate and the new copies can insert at novel sites in the genome. Because this threatens the whole organism, molecular mechanisms have evolved which can repress transposon activity. Professor Klaus Förstemann of the Gene Center of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich and a team of researchers working with the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster have now uncovered a new type of cellular defence that acts against DNA sequences present in high copy numbers inside the cell, even if they have not integrated into the genome. Small molecules of RNA (a class of nucleic acid closely related to the genetic material DNA) play the central role. "Transposons are genomic parasites, so to speak", says Förstemann. "If they are allowed to proliferate, the genome can become unstable or cancers can develop. We now want to find out whether mammalian cells possess this newly discovered defence mechanism and to elucidate precisely how it works." (EMBO Journal online, 30 July 2009.)
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Yale And Tsinghua University To Develop Healthcare Leadership In China

As part of its continuing engagement in global health issues, Yale University"s Global Health Leadership Institute is partnering with Tsinghua University to launch a four-year leadership development program in healthcare management for women in China. The effort is part of the 10,000 Women initiative, a program launched by Goldman Sachs to provide business and management education to women around the world. The program is based on research from Goldman Sachs, the World Bank, and others which found that investments in women can lead to significant economic and social returns. The "10,000 Women, Certificate Program in Healthcare Management" was formed to help women healthcare managers and officials in China gain the knowledge, skills and networks necessary to become leaders in improving the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of the Chinese healthcare system. The program also provides an ideal setting to understand the impact of the enormous health reform being undertaken by China in this decade. "10,000 Women is intended to meet the unique needs of individual markets," said Dina Habib Powell, managing director and Global Head of Corporate Engagement at Goldman Sachs. "We are fortunate to be working with partners like Tsinghua and Yale who are collaborating to improve the quality of healthcare management in China." A Yale team led by School of Public Health Professor Elizabeth Bradley will visit China in late July to learn more about the healthcare delivery system there and refine the program goals and curriculum. "The capacity to manage health facilities well is a cornerstone of healthcare reform. We hope to build the core skills of implementation that, if not properly fostered, can be the downfall of well-intentioned reforms," said Bradley. As part of the visit, Tsinghua University is planning an opening ceremony in Beijing, on July 31. Professor Lei Xue of Tsinghua University, co-chair of the program, said, "This is the first time there has been collaboration between top universities in China and the U.S. in the field of advanced training for rural healthcare administrators. As a result, we are still researching the best practices - for example, the curriculum design and project selection and design for the participants. We look forward to setting up standards for the advanced healthcare administrators" education in China." Over four years, the program will train 500 Chinese women healthcare managers and officials. The first four-month session of classes will begin in November, 2009. For more information on the Global Health Leadership Institute, log on to http://www.yale.edu/ghli. For more information on the 10,000 Women program at Goldman Sachs, log on to http://www.10000women.org. Links Global Health Leadership Institute Goldman Sachs Yale University


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