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Medical groups have criticized the legislation, which will give terminal patients access to experimental treatments, as dangerous and unnecessary.

An independent reviewer suggests that England’s seven research councils, which award government research funding, should be put under the umbrella of a new agency that would manage the grant money.

The US Department of Health and Human Services considers ways to mitigate the risk of poor performance or misuse of funds by grantees.

The Defense Department reports that live samples of the deadly bacterium may have been accidentally shipped to more than 50 labs in the U.S. and abroad.

The Institute of Medicine recommends relaxing the extra oversight given to gene therapy clinical trials.  

Research misconduct is not limited to the developed world, but few countries anywhere are responding adequately.