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BY MONICA DOBIE
TESTS on a nicotine vaccine currently being tested in the USA is showing very positive results in helping smokers kick the habit according to a University of Minnesota study, published in the journal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

To date, NicVax appears safe and well-tolerated, with little or no side effects in 68 active smokers who received one of three different doses of the vaccine or a placebo during a 38 week trial.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

TESTS on a nicotine vaccine currently being tested in the USA is showing very positive results in helping smokers kick the habit according to a University of Minnesota study, published in the journal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

To date, NicVax appears safe and well-tolerated, with little or no side effects in 68 active smokers who received one of three different doses of the vaccine or a placebo during a 38 week trial.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is seeking to improve knowledge of what causes food allergies, a significant problem for the seafood sector. The EuroPrevall project will try to identify risk factors (environmental, microbial, genetic) that cause allergic reactions, helping pinpoint the circumstances sparking these problems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

DUTCH scientists have shown that bird flu vaccines could effectively halt the disease’s spread, as well as providing protection to individual vaccinated poultry. Tests carried out by the Central Institute for Animal Disease Control in Leystad, and Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands showed that two weeks after vaccination, two vaccines could "completely block the spread of the disease".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMANY’S Artemis Pharmaceuticals has agreed to help Spanish biotechnology company the Centre for Applied Molecular Research Salamanca (CIBASA) market CIBASA’s cancer stem cell based ‘Oncostem’ technology to pharmaceutical manufacturers developing novel anti-cancer therapies. CIBASA has a collection of cancer mouse models that show identical pathology to corresponding human cancers and similar responses to known therapeutic agents.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

INDIA’S opening-up as a free market economy, along with the adoption of new technology, reformed laws, and the presence of vigilant media are curbing many commercial crimes in the world’s largest democracy, but criminals still find ways to make a dishonest Rupee.…

BY LIZ HALL, in Alicante

SINCE March 2005, Operation White Whale, an extensive international anti-money-laundering operation spearheaded by the Spain’s National Police (the Policia Nacional), has produced the arrest of 57 people and the laundering of at least Euro 250 million euros obtained through illegal drug trafficking, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry (Ministerio del Interior).…

BY HEIDE NEWSON, in Brussels

THE EUROPEAN Commission faced a rumble of discontent this week in Brussels from Europe’s social scientists over their share of funding from the proposed seventh framework research programme (FP7) for 2007-13. Participants warned their important role in achieving the Lisbon Process goal of transforming Europe into the world’s most dynamic, knowledge-based economy was at risk of being overlooked.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice’s (ECJ) Court of First Instance has dismissed a legal claim brought by Italian car seller Autosalone Ispra against the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) alleging it was liable for flood damage. It is a neighbour of the European Union’s (EU) Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) nuclear research unit at Ispra, Italy, which provided an excavator to Ispra’s mayor in 1992 to work on a nearby drain.…

BY MARK ROWE AND PAUL COCHRANE

INTRODUCTION

JUST as chocolate sells well in cold countries, so do soft drinks flourish in hot countries, which would suggest that North Africa and the Levant presents an inviting face to the international drinks market.…