Canada has no accreditation or inspection system for research ethics boards for clinical drug trials, and no oversight mechanism for the way that they undertake reviews.
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Medicine works better when the treatments are tailored to fit each individual person’s biology and history. A first step is increasing diversity in clinical trials, but the end goal is precision medicine.
Academic freedom is increasingly caught up in partisan debates around freedom of speech. But the idea behind it is not only vital but shared across many other professions.
It’s early days yet. But here’s what we know so far.
The researchers developed a molecule which works to stop toxic proteins from building up in the brain.
With a third of adults saying they likely won’t get the vaccine, the US has a herd immunity math problem.
COVID-19 vaccine testing on children is just getting started, and only in adolescents.
Further tests are needed but a trial showed that, when compared against placebo treatment, those given the drug had a 79% lower risk of developing severe disease.
The US president has reignited controversy over the use of malaria drugs to guard against COVID-19. But there is little reliable evidence so far that this tactic is safe or effective.
A drug created to target this gene was found to be effective in treating autoimmune conditions like lupus and psoriasis.
Placebos come in different shapes, colours that can all have different effects.
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