EU attempts to tighten smoking laws are “shameful”

RADIO: Euro MPs on Monday voted to tighten some tobacco regulations aimed at putting young people off smoking, but several proposed measures have not been included. MEPs have supported a ban on menthol and flavoured cigarettes by 2018. However, a proposal to treat electronic cigarettes as medicinal products, which campaigners say would help ensure safety,…

Global implications of US patent ban on human DNA

RADIO: DNA cannot be patented by companies who want to protect genetic material as their own intellectual property. The US Supreme Court has reversed three decades of patent awards, in a move that is predicted to cost biotech companies billions of pounds in lost revenue. Voice of Russia’s Nima Green reports. The US Supreme Court…