Our excess biodefense research capacity could then be used for research on everyday public health threats like tuberculosis and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, many of which have not received sufficient attention since 9/11.
Breast cancer and leukaemia have roughly average AYLL but a considerable excess of research spending.
The positions of breast cancer and leukaemia, both of which have roughly the average AYLL, indicate a considerable excess of research spending over individual cancer burden.
Ethical approval: Only material that was not required for diagnostic purposes was used and all patients signed an informed consent approved by the Padua University Hospital Review Board, which allows researchers to use excess material for research purposes.
Couples may direct the clinics to donate their excess embryos for research, or to keep them frozen indefinitely, or to destroy them.
African-Americans have a slightly higher risk of Alzheimer's disease than people of largely European ancestry, but there is no major genetic difference that could account for the slight excess risk, new research shows.
The drop was due to continued pricing competition driven by excess capacity, the research firm said.
"The semiconductor industry will be negatively impacted as companies slow product orders" and resolve issues related to excess inventory, the research firm said, adding that the industry is likely to peak in the third quarter of 2004 rather than early 2005 as previously anticipated.
Written consent to utilize excess tissue for research was obtained from each patient, and de-identified tissues were used for all studies.
All patients had given informed consent to use their diagnostic DNA samples (excess materials) for research purposes.
