Last week’s Supreme Court decision to invalidate patents on human genes was a win for patients, independent researchers, and even the wider biotech industry.
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US universities need to reach across their own borders to retain global scientific preeminence.
The NIH remains a Caucasian-dominated workforce. Why haven’t the agency’s efforts to diversify been successful?
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Scientific publishers come up with a scheme to disseminate publicly funded research in response to a directive from President Obama’s top science advisor.
The recently announced BRAIN Initiative, referred to as the Apollo program for neuroscience, needs more funding and better goals to live up to the hype.
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