The front page of The Guardian online today runs a story about Chris Parry, the chief executive of the Independent Schools Council next to a series of articles about animal research and in particular the use of monkeys and apes in experiments aiming at understanding the basic neural architecture of primates (including human) so that treatments for brain diseases even become a possibility.
On the one hand when asked if he thought that some children in state schools were unteachable Chris Parry replied, “Yeah, I think there are contexts within which …

Pro-Pharma lobbyists are at it again, this time in an editorial of The Wall Street Journal (Good Medicine for Thailand – May 29,2008):
“Slowly, the war on drug patents in Thailand seems to be turning. Last week the government removed one of the most vocal opponents of intellectual property rights from the board of the state-owned Government Pharmaceutical Organization. It’s a small step, but an important one for restoring Thailand’s international reputation and protecting patients’ health.
Vichai Chokevivat strongly supported Thailand’s violation of drug companies’ patents over the past two years. Along …