News: Are lab standards harmful? Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 30th March 2009 06:49 PM GMT] Standardizing the laboratory environment may be doing science more harm than good: Removing all variability from animal experiments makes them less reproducible, rather than more, according to a study published online today in Nature ... Click to continue View comments (5) | Comment on this news story News: Trial safety lacking, says GAO Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 26th March 2009 04:45 PM GMT] The system for protecting the safety of people who participate in clinical trials is in shambles and needs a major overhaul, according to the conclusions of a two-year undercover US government investigation. The undercover investigation, which ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: Mental health means new neurons? Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 19th March 2009 05:02 PM GMT] A gene strongly associated with schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders regulates the birth of new neurons in the adult brain, according to new research. The study, published in ... Click to continue View comments (8) | Comment on this news story News: Merck and Schering-Plough to merge Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 9th March 2009 05:02 PM GMT] In yet another merger between two major pharmaceutical companies, Merck will acquire Schering-Plough for $41.1 billion, the two companies announced this morning (March 9). ... Click to continue View comments (2) | Comment on this news story News: New hope for HIV microbicide Posted by Alla Katsnelson [Entry posted at 4th March 2009 06:02 PM GMT] A new study has revived hopes for an effective vaginal microbicide in preventing the transmission of HIV. A compound widely used in cosmetics and foods can block transmission of the virus by interfering with the immunological steps to infection, ... Click to continue View comments (7) | Comment on this news story

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