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Careful oversight is required to ensure that chimeras and transgenic animals continue to serve as powerful biomedical research tools.
Biologists and conservationists are too eager to demonize non-native species.
Pharmacovigilance must keep pace with global distribution of drugs in resource-limited settings.
Current farming practices draw too much of the world’s freshwater supplies to be sustainable. A change is needed to support growing agricultural demand.
New testing technologies and improved communication among regulatory agencies are making strides in the fight against foodborne disease.
Improved immunization efforts are required to prevent infections during the first 6 months of life, when newborn and infants are highly susceptible to disease.
Conservation biologists must reflect on the nation’s changing demographics to save the organisms they strive to protect.
To meet the agricultural demands of the growing population, appropriate technology transfer incentives are a must.
Legal battles over gene patents and uncooperative patent holders threaten the widespread implementation of personalized medicine
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