The controversial study linking the measles mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism was based on falsified data and “manufactured at a London medical school,” according to a report in the British Medical Journal. The investigative report includes a number of findings which suggest that the team at the Royal Free medical school, led by [...]
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mPedigree awarded $200,000 in Global Security Challenge
mPedigree was recently announced as the Best Security Start-up in 2010 by the Global Security Challenge. mPedigree from Ghana is the first system in the world which enables consumers and patients to verify the authenticity of their medicines by sending a free text message of the unique, product-embossed codes. Across the developing world, especially in [...]
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