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Product liability concerns continue to hinder vaccine development

Funding prospects for vaccine development may be looking up, say analysts

Regional and national health ministries fight over plans for embryonic cell bank

Big science organizations sign joint statement with the European Commission

Bouncing tabletop version of Nobel Laureate is a hit with microarray buyers

Women in UK academic science: can't get promotions, unappreciated at work

Publisher charges too much for electronic access to the material, say UCSF faculty

Life sciences expected to be central to the EU's new program of security research

Problems persist at biocontainment research facility on Plum Island

Leading centers say they'll encourage researchers to publish in open-access journals

Congressional Democrats warn of outsourcing plan's effect on science, security, and morale

Gov't complacency on bureaucracy hurts research and animals, committee says