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More Universities Cut Student, Research And Financial Ties With Russia
Source: Forbes With the war in Ukraine intensifying, several U.S. universities are ending various relationships they’ve had with Russia both out of concerns for the safety of students studying abroad and as an expression of condemnation against the brutal, unprovoked aggression against Ukraine.
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After invasion, Ukrainian researchers turn into resistance fighters and refugees
Source: Science Backlash against Russian science builds—joint Mars mission may be canceled.
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UC Berkeley loses CRISPR patent case, invalidating patent rights it granted gene-editing companies developing human therapies
Source: STAT News Ending the latest chapter in a years-long legal battle over who invented CRISPR, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled that the revolutionary genome editing technology belongs to the Broad Institute.
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Is Biden Scaling Back His Higher-Ed Agenda?
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education In his State of the Union address the president called for more federal spending for low-income students and minority-serving institutions. But he didn’t talk up free community-college tuition or college attainment.
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EU clinical trials: ‘Application process is now simplified’
Source: Biopharma-Reporter The new clinical trials regulation makes it easier to conduct clinical trials in the EU, according to an EU Commission representative.
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Why UCI Researchers Created a Framework for Analyzing Wearables Data
Source: Health IT Analytics The framework provides researchers using wearables data in clinical studies with minimum reporting thresholds to ensure data standardization and validity.
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43% of Americans—140 million—have had COVID, CDC estimates
Source: Ars Technica About 37 million infected in omicron wave, and 58% of kids were infected at some point.
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Genomics’ Ethical Gray Areas Are Harming the Developing World
Source: Undark Opinion | A recent controversy in the Philippines illustrates the pitfalls and pressure points of international genomics research.
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First gene-editing treatment injected into the blood reduces toxic protein for up to 1 year
Source: Science Long-lasting effects of CRISPR infusion suggest patients’ neurological symptoms should improve.
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Framing Inequity in Health Technology: The Digital Divide, Data Bias, and Racialization
Source: Just Tech Through an examination of the literature, Kadija Ferryman synthesizes the exponential growth in health data and health information technologies, especially for marginalized populations, while also addressing common rhetorical and ethical responses to health technologies.
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Scientists develop gel that delivers drugs directly to diseased joints
Source: National Science Foundation Discovery could revolutionize osteoarthritis treatment.
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