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Sunday, 23 November 2008 at 4:16 pm Posted by smp

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AP IMPACT: Govt pays millions for unapproved drugs (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 03:22 PM CST

AP - Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found. Millions of private patients are taking such drugs, as well.

Foes of stem cell research now face tough battle (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 09:34 AM CST

Claudia Castillo from Colombia poses in an undated photograph. Castillo, 30, has received the world's first tailor-made trachea transplant, grown by seeding a donor organ with her own stem cells to prevent her body rejecting it, an international research team reported on November 19, 2008. The success of the operation, performed in June using tissue generated from the Castillo's own bone marrow, raises the prospect that transplanting other organs may be possible without drugs to dampen the immune system, they said. REUTERS/HO/Hospital Clinic Barcelona (SPAIN). NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.AP - When the Bush presidency ends, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will face a new political reality that many feel powerless to stop.

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