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- NIH and FDA Aim to Retool Regulatory Science
- DOE Leads Federal Funding for a Regional Innovation Cluster
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- They’re Not Perfect Cells, But They’re Model Cells
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- President’s Budget Aims to Recharge Regional Innovation
- Event: The Science of Climate Change
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Snap Observations: January 2, 2008
Researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston are seeking approval from the FDA to begin trials of a vaccine for cocaine addiction. (More at the Houston Chronicle and the KSJ Tracker.)
“Is the military bound by environmental laws, or does national security trump them?” A forthcoming court ruling will determine what the Navy must do to protect marine animals from loud bursts of sonar.
Your race may determine the painkillers you get in the emergency room. A new study appears today in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicating that ER doctors prescribe opioid narcotics like oxycodine and morphine for pain management less frequently to black patients than they prescribe them to whites. Better standards and protocols could close the gap (via Science in the News).
Ever Googled your Social Security Number? Despite ever-present concerns over identity theft, public documents containing the numbers are easily and freely accessible over the Internet.
The EU’s Galileo geopositioning system is behind schedule and over budget. The alternative to the United States’ GPS infrastructure will never be the competitive alternative it was conceived as.
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