Disgruntled Nobel loser sues; brain trauma researchers search for biomarker of a chronic condition; receptor for novel coronavirus found; the rise of transcriptomics; and ethical oversight of participant-led research
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Researchers identify the target protein of a recently discovered human coronavirus, shedding light on infection and possible interspecies spread.
Tailoring ethical oversight to participant-led research
Although fully organized patient-run trials are still few and far between, patients are taking a more active role in clinical research.
Patients are sidestepping clinical research and using themselves as guinea pigs to test new treatments for fatal diseases. Will they hurt themselves, or science?
A paper describing a new method for imaging synapse formation has been retracted after it emerged that the first author falsified data to prove its effectiveness.
The first human trial of a treatment using induced pluripotent stem cells has received conditional approval from an institutional review board in Japan.
Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.
A Case Western Reserve University researcher is found guilty of altering the number of samples and results to inflate the statistical significance of his findings.
Using a SMART card containing your genetic information and medical history, you could one day soon be diagnosed and treated for all kinds of diseases at an ATM-style kiosk.
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