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The Fundamentals of Academic Science Writing
Nathan Ni, PhD | Mar 25, 2024 | 5 min read
Writing is an essential skill for scientists, and learning how to write effectively starts with good fundamentals and lots of practice.
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Gazing into Science’s Crystal Ball
Meenakshi Prabhune, PhD | Mar 15, 2024 | 3 min read
Basic research successes offer glimpses into future scientific advancements, but the outcomes are subject to change.
Science, Policy Issues Put AIDS Vaccine On Slow Track
Myrna Watanabe | Nov 9, 1997 | 9 min read
The start of a clinical trial with an AIDS vaccine developed by French company Pasteur-Mérieux Connaught made front-page news in several major papers in September. The vaccine, composed of three HIV genes inserted into a canarypox vector, was administered to 420 human volunteers in a Phase II trial that tested the vaccine's safety and ability to provoke an immune response. Some researchers view the undertaking as one more trial of a technology that is unlikely to result in a useful compo
Science and the 2012 Election
Bob Grant | Nov 8, 2012 | 2 min read
From education to space, science fared well at the polls on Tuesday.
About Half of Clinical Trials Go Unreported in EU
Sukanya Charuchandra | Sep 14, 2018 | 2 min read
Pharma companies are more compliant in posting results compared to universities.
Life Sciences Salary Survey 2011
Jef Akst and Edyta Zielinska | Dec 1, 2011 | 10+ min read
US salaries are starting to recover after last year’s survey recorded the first-ever drop.
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Cancer Vaccination as a Promising New Treatment Against Tumors
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Mar 15, 2024 | 10+ min read
Vaccination has beaten back infections for more than a century. Now, it may be the next big step in battling cancer.
Science Education Standards Meeting Approval, Skepticism
Karen Young Kreeger | Mar 19, 1995 | 8 min read
Daunting challenges, including implementation, assessment, and maintaining public support, lie ahead for NRC's K-12 guidelines Educators and scientists say they are encouraged by the latest version of the National Research Council's science education standards, an effort aimed at defining what United States K-12 students should know about science. The previous draft had been criticized for being at once too specific and inflexible on scientific subject matter and too vague about the practice o
Medical Marijuana: Will IOM report encourage clinical trials?
Peter Gwynne | May 9, 1999 | 5 min read
As an issue on the cusp of science and social policy, the value of marijuana in medicine refuses to go away. For several years, researchers wishing to undertake clinical trials of marijuana's medical effects on humans have claimed that the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are stonewalling by insisting that the protocols are unacceptable. Those organizations complain that several pr
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Opinion: Many Clinical Trials Fail to Navigate the Literature
Jacky Sheng, Jonathan Kimmelman, and Deborah Zarin | Jul 5, 2022 | 4 min read
Too often, studies that aim to develop new treatments for patients fail to adequately cite and build upon research that preceded them.

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