Editorial: Regulating stem cell research
Published in The Hindu on July 25, 2008 The saga of preparing the guidelines for stem cell research and therapy finally ended in November 2007 with their submission to the…
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Register trials, insist Indian editors
Published in The Hindu on April 24, 2008 Publishing clinical trial results in Indian biomedical journals after January 2010 will become difficult unless the trials have already been registered. The…
Screening newborns for two metabolic disorders takes off
Published in The Hindu on March 20, 2008 After much delay, the screening of one lakh newborn babies over a three-year period for two inborn errors of metabolism — hypothyroidism…
Editorial: For transparency in clinical trials
Published in The Hindu on August 3, 2007 With the recent launch of an online, open-access registry, India has made a serious attempt to make human clinical trials more transparent…
Positive response to registering clinical trials seen
Published in The Hindu on July 5, 2007 Registering clinical trial details, by those conducting the trials, in registries that are easily accessible by the public has come a long…
Editorial: Accountability in clinical trials
Published in The Hindu on August 1, 2006 In a bid to meet a long felt need for more transparency and order in the way human clinical trials are conducted,…
