Charity calls for improved breast awareness in UK ethnic communities

Charity calls on Wales to focus on palliative care.

UK report calls for protection of genetic privacy

DNA gathered from a used coffee mug could lead to serious breaches of a person's genetic privacy. The UK government's Human Genetics Commission now recommends making theft of genetic information a criminal offence, writes Michael Gross.

Ethnic Communities Own Agrobiodiversity Richness (A Case of Triyuga Municipality of Udayapur District In "epal)

The study was conducted in two settlements of ethnic communities in Triyuga municipality of Udayapur district, Nepal. The main objective of the study was to prepare an inventory of cultivated diversity of plants and animal species by the ethnic communities in the research site and their use in farming and in sustaining the livelihoods. The study has been based on data collected through personal...

UK Parliament calls for sharing of all clinical trial data.

Bridging among Ethnic Communities by Cross-cultural Communities of Practice

The integration of immigrants is a big challenge for western societies. In this paper we describe how to bridge between ethnically defined communities by means of computer-supported project work. Our approach is grounded in socio-cultural theories of learning, especially Community of Practice (CoP). To evaluate our approach, we have built up a computer club in a multi cultural neighbourhood of ...