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China’s Black Market Stem Cells

By | April 13, 2012

Despite government efforts to ban unapproved stem cell treatments, companies around China still offer them openly.

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Anti-science in Tennessee Classrooms

By | April 12, 2012

A new law opens the door to teaching creationism and climate change denialism in the state's public schools.

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GM Crop Case Nears Supreme Court

By | April 6, 2012

The US Supreme Court has asked the Obama administration to weigh in on a petition concerning Monsanto’s Roundup Ready seeds.

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Europe Watches Conflicts of Interest

By | April 5, 2012

The European Medicines Agency revised its policy on conflicts of interest in response to concerns regarding its ability to conduct independent evaluations.

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Obesity Drugs in Check

By | April 2, 2012

The FDA may require weight-loss drugs to undergo clinical trials to see if they pose a risk of heart attack.

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Big Money for Big Data

By | April 2, 2012

The Obama administration pledges $200 million for better ways of managing and extracting information from large data sets.

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More Scrutiny for Senior Scientists?

By | March 30, 2012

The NIH plans an extra layer of review for scientists with at least $1.5 million in existing grants.

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Courts Re-Examining Gene Patents

By | March 28, 2012

The US Supreme Court ordered patents held by Myriad Genetics to be reviewed further by the Federal Circuit Court.

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MIT Students Petition Congress

By | March 27, 2012

Graduate students ask for more federal research support.

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University Hospitals Struggle

By | March 22, 2012

Through a confluence of events, academic medical centers could lose 10 percent of their revenue in the coming years.

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