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Plague Of Mismanagement Infects Federal Agency's Malaria Project
Jim Anderson | Jul 9, 1989 | 9 min read
WASHINGTON—Malaria, a wily scourge that kills from one to three million human beings each year, now finds itself associated with a victim of another sort: a 15-year-old, $100 million federally funded program to develop a vaccine against this ancient threat. Wracked by internal bickering, distracted by lawsuits and investigations, and stymied by a lack of progress, the Agency for International Development’s (AID) malaria project has fallen years behind in its’ search for an e
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Reframed
Kerry Grens | Feb 11, 2015 | 2 min read
To more accurately reflect the condition, the Institute of Medicine recommends renaming it systemic exertion intolerance disease.
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Can “Gene Writing” Deliver What Gene Editing Can’t?
Dan Robitzski | Dec 12, 2022 | 10+ min read
A biotech startup called Tessera Therapeutics has made a splash with its claims about the trademarked technology. Is the excitement justified?
Can Destroying Senescent Cells Treat Age-Related Disease?
Katarina Zimmer | Mar 1, 2020 | 10+ min read
A handful of clinical trials are underway to find out whether drugs that target senescent cells can slow the ravages of old age.
Are the Kids Alright?
Bob Grant | Mar 1, 2012 | 10+ min read
Two key pieces of legislation, enacted to spur drugmakers into testing pharmaceutical products in children, are up for reauthorization in the US Congress this October. Have they done their jobs?
Week in Review: June 15–19
Tracy Vence | Jun 19, 2015 | 3 min read
Eye on MERS; HIV vaccine design; evolution of Ebola; CRISPR meets optogenetics
Bioterrorism Research: New Money, New Anxieties
John Dudley Miller | Apr 6, 2003 | 8 min read
Ned Shaw US scientists have reason to feel both heady and scared. The federal government recently released unprecedented billions of dollars to fund bioterrorism research. Yet, the merits of this sudden shift in focus are being debated, and some worry that the money will be squandered or wasted. "I have been really very upset by the focus on bioterrorism," says Stanley Falkow, professor of microbiology and immunology and of medicine at Stanford University. "Everybody's talking about it, but th
Science Needs Private Support
Bruce Alberts | Dec 6, 1998 | 3 min read
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the Institute of Medicine (IOM)--along with our "operating arm," the National Research Council (NRC)--are private, independent nonprofit organizations. Most of the work that we do is funded by the federal government in our role as science advisers to the nation. This tradition of service reaches back to our 1863 charter, and providing independent advice to our government remains the central role of the NAS, NAE,
Trumping Science: Part II
Bob Grant | Dec 6, 2016 | 5 min read
As Inauguration Day nears, scientists and science advocates are voicing their unease with the Trump Administration’s potential effects on research.
What Budget Cuts Might Mean for US Science
Diana Kwon | Mar 21, 2017 | 5 min read
A look at the historical effects of downsized research funding suggests that the Trump administration’s proposed budget could hit early-career scientists the hardest.  

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