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Celebrating Black History Month: A Profile on the Pioneering Dr. Jane Cooke Wright
Source: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine According to President Gerald Ford, Black History Month is an “opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”
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Scientists deliberately infected people with coronavirus. Here’s what happened
Source: Science In a first-of-its-kind human challenge study, volunteers developed symptoms only 2 days after exposure.
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DOJ Increases Focus on Clinical Trial Fraud
Source: Ropes & Gray While speaking at the Food & Drug Law Institute’s Enforcement, Litigation and Compliance Conference in December, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Arun Rao identified clinical trial fraud as one of four key areas of enforcement focus by the Consumer Protection Branch of the DOJ.
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Sudden rise of more transmissible form of Omicron catches scientists by surprise
Source: Science “Sister” of original may extend Omicron surges, but no evidence yet it causes more severe disease.
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House Passes Bill Adding Billions to Research to Compete With China
Source: New York Times The vote sets up a fight with the Senate, which has different recommendations for how the United States should bolster its technology industry to take on China.
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MIT experts test technical research for a hypothetical central bank digital currency
Source: MIT News In collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, MIT experts have begun designing and testing a technical framework through which CBDC research can be performed in the U.S.
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Oxford postdoc ‘pushed out’ after authorship row, tribunal hears
Source: Times Higher Education Long-time postdoctoral scientist says he was ousted when he complained a professor had appropriated his own research.
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US: More international STEM students will be granted three-year OPT
Source: ICEF Monitor Effective immediately, the US’s Optional Practical Training programme is expanding to allow more international students – in more STEM-related fields of study – to remain in the country for three years after graduation.
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Clinical Trials, Bias Long-Term Goals for Health Equity in Cancer Care
Source: Patient Engagement Hit For the Association of Community Cancer Centers, achieving health equity in the long run will require a focus on diversity in clinical trials and implicit bias or cultural competency training.
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Could Crispr Flip the Switch on Insects' Resistance to Pesticides?
Source: Wired Many insects, like the mosquitoes that spread malaria, have evolved a tolerance to chemical sprays. What if we could reboot their genes?
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