Prospects and Challenges towards Sustainable Liver Fluke Control

Parasite Control: Liver Fluke

Liver fluke or Fasciola hepatica is a common parasite of livestock. A liver fluke infection causes ill health, as well as a reduction in growth rates and reproductive performance in affected livestock. Over recent years it has been acknowledged that the presence of liver fluke in the UK has increased and that the periods of risk for infections have become longer, as well as more difficult to pr...

Tobacco control--challenges and prospects.

The need for action to stop tobacco production and consumption is patent. At present, about 4 million people a year die of tobacco-related diseases (1). WHO epidemiologists predict that unless there is a dramatic change in present trends tobacco will be killing 8.4 million people a year by the late 2020s (2). This month the Bulletin joins the BMJ and JAMA in a global theme issue to take a look ...

Options for the control of liver fluke

Towards individualized cancer therapy: Challenges and prospects

At the 17th International Symposium in the annual series of prestigious meetings organized by the Fritz Bender Foundation, 07e09 November 2013, researchers, clinicians and students gathered to discuss and exchange knowledge on individualized cancer therapies. Co-organized and hosted by the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain, the sessions covered genetic profiling of pa...

Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities

The environmental impact of agriculture cannot be ignored. In many countries, as much as 70 per cent of the land area is in agricultural use. Over a third of the global agricultural land area is in high-intensity, continuous cropping systems that use high levels of agrochemicals and reshape land and waterways. The rest is under such a farming system that uses far fewer inputs, but requires rela...