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《英国医生杂志》
MPs call for a debate on human cloning: The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee is to inquire into the current laws on human cloning. Cloning babies is banned in Britain under the Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001, with penalties that include a 10 year prison sentence.
Dengue fever kills 189 people in Indonesia: An outbreak of dengue fever across Indonesia has killed at least 189 people and infected 9500, more than twice the infection rate and mortality of the same time last year.
Prescription fraud reduced by 60% over four years: Figures collected by the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service show that losses from fraud by patients fell by 60%, from ￡117m ($220m; 174m) a year in 1998-9 to ￡47m a year in 2002-3.
Doctor arrested in morphine deaths investigation: Mechthild Bach, from the Paracelsus Hospital, near Hanover, was arrested and detained in custody last week. The police have been investigating her for the negligent homicide of 76 patients with morphine ( BMJ 2003;327: 830). Dr Bach, who specialises in caring for patients with terminal illnesses, has not responded to the allegations.
GMC lowers registration fee for refugee doctors: The General Medical Council has announced it will be reducing its initial registration fee from ￡390 ($728m; 580m) to ￡190 for refugee doctors and will allow them to pay their registration fee in quarterly instalments. The GMC registers approximately 100 refugee doctors a year.
Interferon alpha might be useful in treating SARS: Interferon alpha, a drug used to treat hepatitis C, has been successfully tested on monkeys infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), say researchers at the Netherlands Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam in a letter published online on 22 February in Nature Medicine ahead of print publication (www.nature.com/nm/).
Dengue fever kills 189 people in Indonesia: An outbreak of dengue fever across Indonesia has killed at least 189 people and infected 9500, more than twice the infection rate and mortality of the same time last year.
Prescription fraud reduced by 60% over four years: Figures collected by the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service show that losses from fraud by patients fell by 60%, from ￡117m ($220m; 174m) a year in 1998-9 to ￡47m a year in 2002-3.
Doctor arrested in morphine deaths investigation: Mechthild Bach, from the Paracelsus Hospital, near Hanover, was arrested and detained in custody last week. The police have been investigating her for the negligent homicide of 76 patients with morphine ( BMJ 2003;327: 830). Dr Bach, who specialises in caring for patients with terminal illnesses, has not responded to the allegations.
GMC lowers registration fee for refugee doctors: The General Medical Council has announced it will be reducing its initial registration fee from ￡390 ($728m; 580m) to ￡190 for refugee doctors and will allow them to pay their registration fee in quarterly instalments. The GMC registers approximately 100 refugee doctors a year.
Interferon alpha might be useful in treating SARS: Interferon alpha, a drug used to treat hepatitis C, has been successfully tested on monkeys infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), say researchers at the Netherlands Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam in a letter published online on 22 February in Nature Medicine ahead of print publication (www.nature.com/nm/).