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Stories about: privatization

Patents Hamper Stem Cell Research Progress and breakthrough in the field of stem cell research is currently being stifled by the multitude of patents and privatizations of stem cell lines, data and pioneering technologies, a new analysis says. The only way to ensure we can move forward in this regard is to stop this effect, experts believe. This is t... 11 February 2011 03:18 GMT Review Disproves Premature Death Rate-Privatization Link A study published in January 2009 in the journal The Lancet argued that the sudden transition from state-owned businesses to privatized ones was one of the main causes of premature death in the former Communist block of Eastern Europe. That investigation was conducted by researchers at the Oxford University, but now ... 2 February 2010 03:59 GMT Privatization Killed a Million People in Eastern Europe An Oxford study, published in The Lancet, shows that nearly one million working-aged men and women died in Eastern Europe due to the sudden transition from nation-owned businesses to the private sectors in the years following the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union. Countries that were a former part of the Sovi... 16 January 2009 07:02 GMT