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Liver transplant surgery. Gabriel Borda / Flickr

January 19, 2023

Organ donation: whether we opt in or out, research finds it’s the will of our family that matters

Alberto Molina Pérez, Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA - CSIC) ; David Rodríguez-Arias, Universidad de Granada, and Janet Delgado, Universidad de Granada

Contrary to what we may think, changing people’s default status from non-donor to donor cannot significantly increase organ donation rates — as long as the family is involved in the decision.

Dedicated and under-resourced … Simon Turner / Alamy Stock Photo

June 13, 2022

Burned‑out heroes: why bedside nurses should not have to be martyrs to be valued

Rebecca Williams, UCL

Nursing has long been seen as a vocation, not a skill. This impacts nursing staff and patients both.

Europe remains by far the leader in the global trade of pharmaceuticals. Loïc Venance/AFP

June 2, 2020

Recent drug shortages in Europe overshadow half a century of trade surpluses

Deniz Unal, CEPII - Institut français d'économie (IFE); Aude Sztulman, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL; Guillaume Gaulier, CEPII - Institut français d'économie (IFE), and Pierre Cotterlaz, CEPII - Institut français d'économie (IFE)

The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare Europe’s vulnerability to drug-supply disruption. Still, it remains by far the world leader in pharmaceutical products.

Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat cancer. It is often paired with surgery, radiotherapy and immunotherapy in a cancer treatment plan. From Shutterstock,

June 1, 2017

Explainer: what is chemotherapy and how does it work?

Nial Wheate, University of Sydney

Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat cancer. It is often paired with surgery, radiotherapy and immunotherapy in a cancer treatment plan.

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