Stranger than Fiction
D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson had been on my shelf for some time before I summoned the courage to begin reading it. It is about William E. Dodd, a history professor from Chicago, who was appointed by President Roosevelt in 1933 to be America’s ambassador to Germany. The personalities and politics of many in the Third Reich as well as those in the diplomatic corps, and the Dodd family in particular, are paraded before the reader. Occasionally dropped into the narrative are laws that appear incidental to the story, but in truth provide ...read more
The future of patents on embryonic stem cells in Europe: The case Brustle v. Greenpeace eV
From the European Centre for Law, Science, and New Technologies
http://www.unipv-lawtech.eu/lang1/_the_case_brustle_v_greenpeace_ev.html
Virulent E. Coli Strain Spreads in Germany and Puzzles Health Officials — New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/world/europe/02ecoli.html
Rare Syndrome Aided by Stem-Cell Gene Therapy — medpage Today
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Genetics/GeneralGenetics/23280
Quo of Nanotechnology in Germany
http://www.nanovip.com/quo-of-nanotechnology-in-germany.html
Germany seeks to conquer markets with new nanotechnology initiative
http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=2147.php
German parliament passes amendment to Stem Cell Act
http://www.eurostemcell.org/commentanalysis/german-parliament-passes-amendment-stem-cell-act
German parliament opens debate on future of stem cell research
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/02/14/germany-stem-cells.html