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FDA looks to modeling and simulation tools to streamline product reviews
Source: RAPS The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a report on how it uses modeling and simulation (M&S), highlighting the untapped opportunities to improve efficiency and predictability at the agency.
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Retracted papers originating from paper mills: cross sectional study
Source: The BMJ Objectives To describe retracted papers originating from paper mills, including their characteristics, visibility, and impact over time, and the journals in which they were published. Design Cross sectional study.
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Groups Seek Substantive Revisions to HHS Misconduct Regs, Investigations
Source: Compliance Cosmos Two organizations representing research institutions and integrity officials have called for a virtual rewrite of the regulations that govern misconduct in Public Health Service-funded studies.
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Second death linked to potential antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Source: Science Woman’s brain hemorrhage while receiving Eisai’s widely heralded lecanemab heightens concerns overs its safety.
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Thousands of academics strike in California: how is research affected?
Source: Nature Workers across the University of California’s ten campuses are demanding higher pay, childcare subsidies and stronger protection against harassment.
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Research Data Triggered MD Anderson Suit, Yet Win Centered on Disclosure, Encryption
Source: Compliance Cosmos The summer intern in the Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy was most likely on a campus shuttle bus when she lost a thumb drive.
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CRISPR’s ‘ancestry problem’ misses cancer targets in those of African descent
Source: Science Reference genomes used to direct the gene editor fail to account for human diversity.
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The Cloud: Higher Education’s Next Secret
Source: Forbes Though the economic outlook appears to paint an even more challenging picture for higher-ed—and the entire business community—going into 2023, advances in the cloud space provide critical answers to tomorrow’s greatest tech challenges.
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Leading In A Time Of Change: Higher Education In Transition
Source: Forbes Higher education is facing one of its biggest periods of unknowns in recent memory. There’s not a single aspect of education that hasn’t been challenged by the pandemic. But that’s not the only source of uncertainty.
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How Black and Hispanic Americans view clinical trials
Source: Pew Research Center 65% of Americans overall see clinical trials as very important, despite the time such trials add to the process of developing new treatments.
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