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The article informs that the first rough pencil sketch of a DNA molecule by the late Francis Crick was made available online for the first time on Monday. The scribble, along with an archive of his work, will give a unique insight into the discovery of the legendary double helix. The 1953 breakthrough heralded a new era of genetic science and earned Crick and James Watson a share of the 1962 Nobel prize for medicine. Crick's doodle is one of 350 documents and images posted online by the Wellcome Trust, some from Crick's personal archive, including his original research papers on DNA and genetic codes. The hope is that the finished archive compiled with the help of U.S. National Library of Medicine will contain 11,000 items.

This article reports about top medical journals have devised a plan to prevent drug firms from suppressing negative results of their clinical trials. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors says its members will refuse to publish papers on clinical trial results if the trial was not recorded publicly at its outset. The journals involved include The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The register — to be set up over the next 12 months — would record the size, design and purpose of each trial. This should prevent companies from selectively reporting positive results or spinning data to suppress inconclusive or unflattering conclusions, says Catherine De Angelis, editor-in-chief of JAMA.

This article presents an interview with Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust. Walport states that he likes to manage quite complicated things. Walport did his graduation in medical science and natural science in 1974 from the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. He states that he likes to do experiments.

The article presents quotes from notable people. "The Lancet" editors comment about an article in the "New England Journal of Medicine" regarding the safety of the diabetes drug Avandia. A Guangdong cook describes how to slaughter a pangolin, also known as a scaly anteater. The president of Great Britain's Royal Society Martin Rees comments on groups that combine religion and technology.

Even a slight carelessness in medical profession may sometimes prove to be fatal for some patients. And instance of this revelation was found in a boy who became a victim of HIV positive due to reckless treatment he received in hospital. Most likely, by a needle that had not been sterilized after being used on an infected patient. Whatsoever may be the argument offered by World Heath Organization, the tragedy like this has left an indelible impression about the dangers of using dirty needles. However, there requires some urgent measures that need to be taken to spread public awareness regarding the risk of HIV. INSET: WHAT STARTED IT ALL?.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including the following of instructions on the use of escalators in the August 9, 2008 issue, "Cutting off the nose to save the penis" by Steven Schrader, Michael Breitenstein and Brian Lowe in the August 2008 issue and "The A, B, C's of the Journal of Sexual Medicine: Awareness, Bicycle Seats, and Choices."

This article presents information related to the claims that a potentially limitless supply of human eggs can be grown outside the body from cells scraped off the surface of a woman's ovary. Growing eggs outside the body has long been an aim of fertility doctors. Now a team led by Antonin Bukovsky at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine in Knoxville claims to have produced "ready to be fertilized" egg cells in just five days. All the team did was to grow surface cells from the ovaries of five women aged between 39 and 52 in a medium containing the hormone estrogen.

The article reports that a very successful drug for treating malaria has been developed. Artemisinin, an extract of the sweet wormwood plant, has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries to treat fever. Derivatives of it, taken for about three days, make very effective anti-malarials. That these compounds work is no longer in doubt, nor is the futility of sticking with chloroquine, the traditional treatment. These compounds work is no longer in doubt, nor is the futility of sticking with chloroquine, the traditional treatment.