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The World Health Organization honors the late Henrietta Lacks for her contributions to scientific research
Source: CNN The World Health Organization on Wednesday honored the late Henrietta Lacks, whose cells have been used for innovative scientific research for decades, with an award in recognition of her contributions to the advancement of medical science.
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License of leading research chinchilla supplier permanently revoked
Source: Science USDA judge calls animal welfare violations “absolutely astounding”; researchers may be left scrambling for animals.
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Mind the Gaps: Ethical and Epistemic Issues in the Digital Mental Health Response to Covid-19
Source: Wiley Online Library Well before the Covid-19 pandemic, proponents of digital psychiatry were touting the promise of various digital tools and techniques to revolutionize mental health care.
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Georgia Board of Regents approves changes to its post-tenure review guidelines
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Georgia Board of Regents voted Wednesday to approve changes to its post-tenure review process that critics say will make it easier to fire faculty members and tougher to recruit professors.
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Persecution of Mexican Researchers Reaches ‘Another Level’
Source: Inside Higher Ed Government is attempting to bring charges against 31 scholars.
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FDA Awards 11 Grants to Clinical Trials to Develop New Medical Products for Rare Disease Treatments
Source: U.S. FDA The FDA awards $25 million worth of grants to principal investigators from academia to enhance the development of medical products.
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Ireland’s draft GDPR decision against Facebook branded a joke
Source: TechCrunch Facebook’s lead data protection regulator in the European Union is inching toward making its first decision on a complaint against Facebook itself. And it looks like it’s a doozy.
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As journals proliferate, what happens when we can’t find enough peer reviewers?
Source: University Affairs While a fee-for-service system may be justified in a world where transactional exchanges of time and money are commonplace, academic publishing seems to sit outside this because the incentives are not solely monetary.
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Prioritizing Cybersecurity Awareness Training in the Wake of Phishing Attacks
Source: Infosecurity Magazine Training improves the cyber resilience of employees and reduces the likelihood of an organization suffering a breach.
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