Deadline approaching for contributions to government streamlining effort

Homeland Security Department issues its first request for proposals

Progress seen in visa approvals but not in select agents registration and oversight

Movement on 2004 budgets for NIH, NSF, and BioShield slower than hoped

Scientists complain that restrictions on access hinder research, undercut development goals

Group will pursue universities and companies for His-tag payments

White House will review how agencies interact with researchers

Tom Schierlitz/Stone The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which allows US universities and research institutes to patent and commercialize discoveries financed with federal funds, may inadvertently hinder scientific research and impede innovation, scientists and legal experts say. The law (PL 96-517), the envy of many European universities, has been a powerful catalyst to spur product development from laboratory research. In FY2001 alone, more than 4,000 new licenses and options from 198 US universiti

Genomic utility spawns demand by researchers

Congressional report fuels debate over science and decision making

Latest lawsuits allege the university misled patent office to extend cotransformation revenue

NIH, NSF, BioShield budgets advancing briskly