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Policy
The Scientist Staff | Feb 22, 1987 | 10+ min read
For psychiatrist David A. Hamburg, an early interest in biobehavioral aspects of stress and aggression has broadened to embrace many issues in education, health and public policy. After brief stints at Walter Reed Army Institute of Medical Research and as chief of the adult psychiatry branch at the National Institute of Mental Health, he established the psychiatry department at Stanford University's medical school in 1961. Hamburg left Stan-ford in 1975 to become president of the Institute of Me
Book Excerpt from The State of Science
Marc Zimmer | Aug 14, 2020 | 5 min read
In Chapter 13, “Trusting Experts—and the Trump Administration,” Marc Zimmer laments the communication breakdown between modern US policy makers and scientists
Cultivating Policy from Cell Types
Eugene Russo | May 27, 2001 | 7 min read
For better or worse, stem cell science has become inextricably married to stem cell politics. Policymakers who oppose public financing of embryonic stem cells have used recent adult stem cell findings to argue for a dismissal of the NIH stem cell guidelines (see "On the Brink," page 1). The guidelines, finalized last summer during the Clinton administration, call for funding the use, but not derivation, of human embryonic stem cells (ESCs); the pro-life Bush administration appears ready to ban t
mixing blue and pink smoke, symbolic of the muddled boundaries between sexes
Opinion: Biological Science Rejects the Sex Binary, and That’s Good for Humanity
Agustín Fuentes | May 12, 2022 | 5 min read
Evidence from various sciences reveals that there are diverse ways of being male, female, or both. An anthropologist argues that embracing these truths will help humans flourish.
Controversy Mounts Over Gene Patenting Policy
Scott Veggeberg | Apr 26, 1992 | 5 min read
Scientists in industry and academia foresee trouble as NIH persists in claiming ownership over partial sequences Date: April 27, 1992 The reviews from the scientific community remain mostly negative over the National Institutes of Health's patent application for a total of 2,722 partial human gene sequences. Academic researchers, who say they are mostly unaffected by the patenting process, nevertheless are appalled; and while some in the commercial sector of the biotech community now believe
Wellcome Sanger Institute Leaders Accused of Bullying
Jef Akst | Sep 4, 2018 | 2 min read
Several members of senior management at the prestigious UK research center face claims of sexism and mistreatment of staff.
Prominent Salk Institute Scientist Inder Verma Resigns
Sukanya Charuchandra | Jun 12, 2018 | 1 min read
His decision came as an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against him was ongoing.  
Speaking of Science
The Scientist | Apr 1, 2016 | 2 min read
April 2016's selection of notable quotes
Speaking of Science: 2016
Bob Grant | Dec 19, 2016 | 2 min read
Selected quotes from an eventful year
Opinion: Talking Genomics
Trevor Quirk | Nov 13, 2012 | 5 min read
The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests

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