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Overview
Earlier this year, a baby rhesus monkey made the headlines all over the world. His name was ANDi, and he was the first primate to carry an alien gene. He was the product of an experiment intended to help scientists create transgenic monkeys that mimic diseases found in humans, and eventually, find cures for genetic diseases. Since its inception, technology, has been inseparable from medicine. Now the internet is accelerating the process.read
India
IT Sector hopes it can turn problems into solutions
Although heavily dependent on the slowing US economy and short on qualified personnel, Indian IT companies are looking remarkably robust
Eurozone
image Time is running out as the euro deadline approaches
With less than a year to the end of the transitionary period, businesses must act quickly of they are to meet their euro obligations
Medicine
image Online information drives patient and doctor change
Just as patients become less deferential toward the medical profession, the internet is facilitating their quest for greater knowledge
Medical technology
image Robotic hands make light surgical work
Computer-enhanced images of the human body are facilitating less invasive surgical procedures - they may even facilitate robotic surgery in the not-too-distant future