There have been major advances during the past century in research into and treatment of infectious disease. However, assumptions that most infectious disease had been conquered are now seen...
This document is a summary of the full EASAC report on Synthetic Biology. It offers readers a non-technical account of the principal content and conclusions of that report....
Joint G8+ science academies’ statement
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7C states: “Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation”. The Academies of...
Synthetic biology covers the design and construction of novel biological components, systems and processes – that are not already known to exist in nature – together with the re-design of...
Unter Federführung der Leopoldina hat das Inter-Academy Medical Panel (IAMP) eine Stellungnahme im Vorfeld der UN-Klimakonferenz, die am 29. November 2010 in Cancun/Mexiko beginnt,...
The introduction of the Clinical Trials Directive...
Das Thema psychische Erkrankungen wurde in der EU-Politik bisher vernachlässigt. Die derzeitige Praxis in der Psychiatrie wird erschwert durch ein unzureichendes biologisches Verständnis...
What is the importance of groundwater for Europe?...
