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National Health Commission Unveils New Virus Research Facility in Naha
Asahi Shimbun
September 24th, 2019
"The Pan-Asiatic Central Infectious Disease Research Laboratory (CIDRL) aims to provide intellectual and infrastructural support with facilities for clinician researchers and scientists to conduct their infectious disease laboratory-based research," remarked the State-President Kazuo Shii regarding the facility's objectives in a press briefing this morning. The State-President publicly congratulated the efforts of the various Ministries involved with the construction and planning of the site during the facility's ribbon-cutting ceremony this afternoon.
The new facility integrates research activities in the area of infectious diseases with interactions and collaboration with other sciences, providing avenues for multi-disciplinary activities. Studies initiated in this laboratory include research on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Human Immunodefienciency Virus (HIV), Dengue Viruses, Influenza Viruses and various bacterial pathogens. The new facility will encourage the translation and application of research findings, as well as raise public awareness of infectious disease research.
The laboratory boasts the latest technology in the fields of biology and virology, including, but not limited to:
- Applied Biosystems 3100-Avant Genetic Analyser (Performs DNA sequencing, genescaning, and single strand conformation polymorphism analysis)
- Roche LightCycler Real-Time PCR Instrument (Provides real-time PCR analysis in pathogen detection, gene expression analysis, etc.)
- MagNA Pure Compact (Automated benchtop system for nucleic acid purification with low to medium sample throughout)
- Imaging Systems & Software
- Cell Culture Incubators
- Freezers and several Deep Freezers
Majority of Pan-Asiatic Prefectural Councils Ban Drug Use in Public
Neo-Manila Post
September 23rd, 2019
It reports that roughly 64.8% of Asia's prefectural councils ban drug use through regional ordinances in places like parks, streets and public buildings – sometimes across a whole area, and sometimes in particular problem spots. As a nation, the Pan-Asiatic States tolerate the personal use of drugs such as cannabis, and the Drug Trade Law of 2007 makes it clear that selling weed through coffee shops is tolerated under strict conditions (although growing it commercially is not).
The State Development Social Research Division's research, which mapped the permissiveness of areas across the country, found that places like Pyongyang (DPRK) only ban drug use in specific public places such as the Juche Tower, while Neo-Manila (TSSR) does the same for the Greater East Asian War Memorial. On the other hand, places like Davao (TSSR) ban drug use in public entirely.
However, figures from the Ministry of Justice's local bodies, which implement and investigate the legality of fines for various punishments, show that in 2019 only 769 penalties were issued for drug use in public – almost half of which were doled out in Davao.
Several experts told the State Development Social Research Division that the bans indicated in their report appeared to contradict freedoms laid out in the Drug Trade Law of 2007, but could probably be justified in court for controlling potential nuisance.
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