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Henrietta Lacks estate sues company using her ‘stolen’ cells
Source: AP News The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 without her knowledge or consent.
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Biden's biomedical research agency dropped from social spending bill
Source: Politico Some research advocates fear the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health could be left behind in a crush of end-of-session business and lose momentum.
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Paul, Booker introduce bill to end FDA animal testing mandates
Source: The Hill Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Corey Booker (D-N.J.) announced they are introducing a bill to end U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) animal testing mandates.
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Top U.S. science funder says it is swamped by investigations of foreign influence on grantees
Source: Science The National Science Foundation’s chief watchdog tells Congress her office has seen a 63% rise in cases.
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FDA halts Allogene blood cancer trials after patient found to have ‘chromosomal abnormality’
Source: STAT News An investigation is underway to determine what might have caused the unexpected changes to the engineered T cells that make up the treatment.
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Facebook’s whistleblower report confirms what researchers have known for years
Source: The Verge Experts have known about risks to teens for years.
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Analysis: The lack of diversity in climate-science research
Source: Carbon Brief Biases in authorship make it likely that the existing bank of knowledge around climate change and its impacts is skewed towards the interests of male authors from the global north.
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Imagining the Hybrid College Campus
Source: Harvard Business Review How higher ed can reach a more diverse student population, meet the needs of a changing workforce, and provide lifelong learning opportunities.
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Artificial intelligence can help halve road deaths by 2030
Source: United Nations Countries and investors need to step up the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) to keep roads safe for everyone, three UN Special Envoys said on Thursday, leading a new AI for Road Safety initiative.
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DOD Official Discusses Cybersecurity Priorities at Billington Summit
Source: U.S. Department of Defense The Defense Department is becoming smarter about cybersecurity and is at an inflection point, Kelly Fletcher, performing the duties of the chief information officer, said.
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