As federal budgets tighten, the US government is getting serious about enforcing reporting and administrative rules that accompany academic grants.
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Researchers studying the effects of genetically modified golden rice on schoolchildren in China are accused of unethical behavior.
The United Kingdom government has devoted £10 million towards the goal of making all of the research it funds open access by next spring.
The federal agency is shuffling around its programs to streamline management and promote international scientific collaboration.
Reduced support from the US National Library of Medicine threatens to shut down five popular biological databases.
The market for drugs that target rare diseases is expected to rival big pharma blockbusters in the coming decades.
Proposals from researchers receiving more than $1 million a year in NIH funding will be carefully picked over to avoid overlap with ongoing research.
A polar bear in a German zoo dies after contracting a virus normally found in zebras.
Myriad Genetics can hold patents on the BRAC1 and BRAC2 oncogenes, but not on tests comparing DNA sequences.
Researchers have found an increase in butterflies with unusual wing shapes, legs, and antennae than before the nuclear disaster.
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