“What CITI Program is Reading” is our biweekly blog series which highlights news articles curated by our staff and relevant to research, higher education, healthcare, technology, and more. Follow us on LinkedIn for upcoming editions and more information from CITI Program.
Research
US doctors rewrite DNA of infant with severe genetic disorder in medical first
Source: The Guardian Gene-editing breakthrough has potential to treat array of devastating genetic diseases soon after birth, scientists say.
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Scientists design gene delivery systems for cells in the brain and spinal cord
Source: National Institutes of Health NIH-funded breakthrough could enable targeted therapies for many neurological disorders.
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Why more must be done to close the women’s health research gap
Source: World Economic Forum Most medical research is male-focused, but closing the women’s health research gap could boost global health and unlock $1 trillion in economic gains by 2040.
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Unknown Species of Bacteria Discovered in China's Space Station
Source: Science Alert Swabs from China's Tiangong space station reveal traces of a bacterium unseen on Earth, with characteristics that may help it function under stressful environmental conditions hundreds of kilometers above the planet's surface.
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First FDA-cleared Alzheimer's blood test could make diagnoses faster, more accurate
Source: NPR The first Alzheimer's blood test cleared by the Food And Drug Administration is poised to change the way doctors diagnose and treat the disease.
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Technology and Ethics
Low-quality papers are surging by exploiting public data sets and AI
Source: Science Paper mills are also likely contributing to “false discoveries”.
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What's in a Lie? How Researchers Judge the Justifiability of Deception
Source: Ethics & Human Research Research ethics guidance on deception does not seem to provide extensive support to researchers and ethics reviewers on how to assess the justifiability of specific deceptive studies.
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The US has a new most powerful laser
Source: Michigan News The ZEUS laser facility at the University of Michigan has roughly doubled the peak power of any other laser in the U.S. with its first official experiment at 2 petawatts (2 quadrillion watts).
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FDA Announces Completion of First AI-Assisted Scientific Review Pilot and Aggressive Agency-Wide AI Rollout Timeline
Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration FDA announced an aggressive timeline to scale AI across all centers by June 30.
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Compliance
New NIH Foreign Subaward Structure Enhances Integrity, Accountability, Oversight, and National Security of NIH Funded Research
Source: National Institutes of Health Effective with the next NIH award cycle, all NIH-funded research involving foreign subawards must be structured as subprojects directly linked to the prime award.
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Safety & Public Communication
CDC Communication Channels Go Silent, Raising Health Risk Concerns
Source: Campus Safety Magazine Since January many of the CDC’s regular public communication platforms have dramatically reduced activity or gone silent altogether.
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