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		<title>U.S. Stem Cell Ruling Invites Asian Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A ruling barring NIH funds from use in embryonic stem cell research will hurt American research efforts and send cutting-edge biotechnology jobs to Asia. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/09/u-s-stem-cell-ruling-invites-asian-competition/</link>
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		<title>Thrown Back to the 90’s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The misguided human embryonic stem cell research ruling by a U.S. court would discontinue amazing gains made over the past 12 years in regenerative medicine.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/08/thrown-back-to-the-90%e2%80%99s/</link>
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		<title>A Win for Regional Innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On August 24th the Department of Energy Announced that a consortium of 90 organizations anchored at Penn State University will receive $129 million of to support energy efficiency innovation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/08/a-win-for-regional-innovation/</link>
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		<title>And&#8230; We&#8217;re Back.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After almost three years on the project, our  faithful managing editor Andrew Pratt has moved on to join Teach for America. We  wish him the best. My name is Sean Pool, and I’ll be filling in as interim managing editor for the website. Here&#8217;s a recap of what we&#8217;ve been up to this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/08/and-were-back/</link>
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		<title>If You Can’t Win on the Science, Take ‘Em to Court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A poorly argued decision upends critical embryonic stem cell research funded by the National Institutes of Health, and puts into question policies upheld by the Clinton, Bush, and Obama Administrations. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/08/if-you-can%e2%80%99t-win-on-the-science-take-%e2%80%98em-to-court/</link>
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		<title>New “Ice Island” a Sign of Things to Come</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists at a congressional briefing conclude that recent glacial calving of a giant ice island off the Greenland ice shelf is a clear symptom of a warming world.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/08/new-%e2%80%9cice-island%e2%80%9d-a-sign-of-things-to-come/</link>
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		<title>Would You Take the New Alzheimer&#8217;s Test?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new test can detect with great accuracy the development of Alzheimer's years before symptoms occur. Jonathan Moreno muses on the ethical and political implications of this new medical milestone. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/08/would-you-take-the-new-alzheimers-test/</link>
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		<title>Drug Regulation in all the Wrong Places</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The FDA's myopic focus on early-stage testing and lack of emphasis on phase four human clinical trials has led to many safety-related drug recalls in recent years, meriting a reexamination of our regulatory system. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/08/drug-regulation-in-all-the-wrong-places/</link>
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		<title>A Long-Lasting Peace Between Man and Fish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author and lifelong fisherman Paul Greenberg tackles the changing relationship between human beings and the ocean in the new book <em>Four Fish: the Future of the Last Wild Food.</em>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/08/equitable-and-long-lasting-peace-between-man-and-fish/</link>
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		<title>Distorting Science While Invoking Science</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Secondhand smoke to “Star Wars” to climate change, the cast of characters peddling pseudo-science is stunningly consistent.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/08/distorting-science-while-invoking-science-2/</link>
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		<title>One Small Step for Embryonic Stem Cells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration approves the first clinical trial for embryonic stem cell treatment in patients with recent spinal cord injuries—creating a much needed regulatory pathway.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/08/one-small-step-for-embryonic-stem-cells/</link>
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		<title>Science War Room Needed for BP Oil Catastrophe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The massive environmental damage requires a systematic approach to the analysis of public policy priorities and the costs BP must bear over the long term.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/08/science-war-room-needed-for-bp-oil-catastrophe/</link>
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		<title>Jumpstarting Sustainable American Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal government should partner with venture capitalists to help our nation’s innovative small businesses build the equity capital they need to grow and prosper in the United States.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/07/jumpstarting-sustainable-american-jobs/</link>
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		<title>The Promise and Dangers of Synthetic Biology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Public policy makers need to manage the risks and rewards of this promising new life sciences industry, particularly with an eye on the global context.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/07/the-promise-and-dangers-of-synthetic-biology/</link>
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		<title>Is it Time to Change the Model for Tissue Donation?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The idea of informed consent has grown up, and it’s time to rethink the reasoning behind the consent system for tissue donation, writes Jonathan Moreno.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/07/is-it-time-to-change-the-model-for-tissue-donation/</link>
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		<title>Defining the Boundaries of Genetic Testing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recently released study by direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe reveals the privacy challenges ahead for public health policymakers as so-called genome-wide association studies, which look for specific genetic traits in huge genetic databases, enter the mainstream of scientific inquiry.
23andMe, a personal genomics company co-founded in 2006 with investment from Google, Inc., just published its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/07/defining-the-boundaries-of-genetic-testing/</link>
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		<title>Vision Renewed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study points to the possibility that retina cells can be derived from embryonic stem cells, but new regulatory procedures need to be in place to oversee the research going forward.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/06/vision-renewed/</link>
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		<title>The Full Potential of University Research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Krisztina “Z” Holly proposes a pilot initiative for the federal government to accelerate the great potential of breakthrough innovations arising from academic research.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/06/the-full-potential-of-university-research/</link>
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		<title>Transitions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Science Progress newsletter will go on hiatus for the summer as we transition staff. We will alert you as soon as it starts up again, but expect a period of radio (or, rather, email) silence. You can continue to find new content right here on the Science Progress homepage, and can get automated updates through our RSS [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/06/transitions/</link>
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		<title>Clinical Trials and the Common Good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The true measure of a clinical trial’s worth is not whether it provides dying patients access to unproven medications, but rather, whether it produces a bountiful yield of knowledge that empowers future healthcare providers.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/06/clinical-trials-and-the-common-good/</link>
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		<title>The First Scientist to “Play God” Was Not Craig Venter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Critics of synthetic biology who fear that scientists are overstepping boundaries should have raised their objections in the 19th century.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/synbio-ethics/</link>
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		<title>Shell Survivors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pollution in coastal waters around the country has damaged shellfish habitats for decades, but promising restoration programs can preserve the tiny bivalves that are crucial to healthy waters along our shorelines.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/shell-survivors/</link>
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		<title>Bioethical Marching Orders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama wasted no time sending a letter to Amy Gutmann, chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, requesting a report on how the administration can support the growth and appropriate governance of synthetic biology. The dispatch arrived just hours after the J. Craig Venter Institute announced yesterday that scientists at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/bioethical-marching-orders/</link>
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		<title>Synthetic Biology Grows Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The emerging technology is cause for celebration but risks overreaction that could inhibit innovation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/synthetic-biology-grows-up/</link>
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		<title>Re-Thinking Innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the networks of scholars who study innovation to fully understand the process, they must examine innovation in a networked world.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/re-thinking-innovation/</link>
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		<title>FDA Intervention Shelves Plan for Drugstore Genome Tests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Pathway Genomics was poised to begin selling its Insight genetic test kit at 6,000 Walgreens pharmacies nationwide, but then the Food and Drug Administration put its foot down. On May 10, just after Walgreens and Pathway made their announcement to the press, FDA sent a letter to the testing company asking if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/drugstore-genome-tests/</link>
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		<title>To Our Health!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deficiencies in the regulation of the American food supply constitute the most serious and persistent gap in American consumer protection. Congress must seize the opportunity to fix the problem.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/to-our-health/</link>
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		<title>We Invest in Research, But What About Teaching?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The structural incentives of the academy are in general stacked in favor of research and against high-quality science teaching.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/invest-in-teaching/</link>
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		<title>Problem Solvers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A welcome focus on pragmatism over philosophizing adds new challenges the commission’s task to move ideas move from recommendation to implementation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/problem-solvers/</link>
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		<title>Ecosystems In the Age of Cassandra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If environmental research cannot inform policy decisions in a timely manner, scientists will simply be documenting the death of planet Earth.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/ecosystems-in-the-age-of-cassandra/</link>
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		<title>America Should Compete for Women Scientists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For American science to remain competitive, the reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act should support universities and federal agencies working to provide a baseline of family responsive policies for grad students, postdocs, and faculty.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/05/america-should-compete-for-women-scientists/</link>
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		<title>Misusing Science Risks Women’s Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two laws passed in Nebraska last week spuriously claim that fetuses can feel pain and that abortions are the cause of unrelated health risks. Each is based on thoroughly debunked research and each is a threat to science and women’s health.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/04/misusing-science/</link>
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		<title>Bioethics Progressing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been two weeks since the White House announced the members of its bioethics commission. Here, the authors argue for a progressive approach to bioethics, because the core idea of progress is closely associated with the modern idea of science, and bioethics itself embodies a progressive spirit.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/04/bioethics-progressing/</link>
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		<title>The Boons of an NIH Boost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s budget request for fiscal year 2011 would direct $32.2 billion to the National Institutes of Health. That&#8217;s a boost of about 3.2 percent over the baseline budget from the previous year, and last week a coalition of 25 governors from across the country sent a letter to congressional representatives explaining the benefits of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/04/the-boons-of-an-nih-boost/</link>
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		<title>The Weathermen Know Which Way the Wind Blows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent survey demonstrates that many forecasters embrace their role as informal science educators. Ed Maibach says it's an opportunity to boost public understanding of global warming.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/04/weathercasters-climate-change/</link>
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		<title>Practical Science</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Members will address questions that knit together policies for expanding scientific innovation, expanding access to quality health care, and protecting citizens from harm.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/04/practical-science/</link>
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		<title>Crime Lab DNA Databases Under the Microscope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers in the field of DNA forensics are calling for the FBI to improve the quality of its sizable genetic database by letting them look under the hood. As Osagie Obasogie explains, reviews of a handful of state crime lab DNA databases have revealed anomalies that might not make prosecutors&#8217; claims that a crime-scene sample [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/04/crime-lab-dna-databases-under-the-microscope/</link>
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		<title>When Scientists Pick a Fight with the Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The chance of coincidental matches in crime databases should be spectacularly rare. But reports from state databases indicate that might not be the case. The feds need to open up their data to figure out what’s going on and make law enforcement more transparent.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/04/fbi-dna-database/</link>
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		<title>Better Science, Better Health Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Programs in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will speed development of new cures and boost comparative effectiveness research.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/04/health-reform-biomed-research/</link>
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		<title>Court Rules that DNA Is Information, Not Intellectual Property</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit argued that patents owned by Myriad Genetics on two genes connected to breast and ovarian cancer stunt genetic research and limit access to health care for women. The ruling said that genes can’t be patented.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/03/gene-patents-ruling/</link>
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		<title>Domes of Carbon Over U.S. Cities Damage Urban Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study from a Stanford scientist looks closely at how carbon dioxide accumulates over urban areas, exacerbating air pollution and increasing local mortality. The study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology estimates that local carbon dioxide emissions contribute to 50-100 premature deaths annually in California, and 300-1,000 premature deaths across the country [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/03/carbon-emissions-urban-health-now/</link>
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		<title>Letter from Oxford: Health Care is Not Tyranny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ultimate approach to health care must be cultural and moral as well as technical: What do we owe each other?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/03/health-care-is-not-tyranny/</link>
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		<title>Energy for Regional Innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We can ensure that scientists, engineers, and taxpayers alike get the most out of federal support for basic research and development by taking what researchers know about moving ideas from the lab to the market and linking universities, business, and the government in an effort to grow regional economies.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/03/energy-for-regional-innovation/</link>
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		<title>Unintended Consequences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a decade of federal investment in nanotechnology research, we know much we weren’t expecting to learn—about innovation, environmental protection, and the social implications of emerging technologies.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/03/unintended-consequences/</link>
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		<title>FDA Rules for Cigarettes Are a Victory for Public Health, for Science (and for the Earth&#8217;s Climate?)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The tobacco industry pioneered the art of attacking scientific research that undermined corporate interests. Strong evidence linking cigarette smoking to lung cancer appeared in multiple 1950 studies. Just a few years later, the industry began manufacturing a new product: doubt. For more than a generation, tobacco companies systemically derided public health research on the harms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/03/cigarettes-science/</link>
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		<title>Legislation Introduced to Codify Stem Cell Rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced a bill that would codify the bedrock bioethical safeguards for federally-funded human embryonic stem cell research. These provisions reflect the guidelines that have been in effect at the National Institutes of Health since last July and also align with the guidelines that the Center for American Progress recommended [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/03/stem-celllegislation/</link>
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		<title>Red Tape Around Stem Cells?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Frustrations over delays in reviewing stem cell lines are understandable, but eight years of Bush administration rules merely delayed the necessary ethics considerations.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/03/red-tape-around-stem-cells/</link>
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		<title>How Science Sparked Democracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are intimate connections between the scientific advances that expanded the frontiers of human knowledge and the democratic experiments that expanded the frontiers of human liberty.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/03/how-science-sparked-democracy/</link>
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		<title>Embryonic Stem Cells: Hopes for Turning Darkness into Light</title>
		<description><![CDATA[News marks an important step in normalizing the field as a regulated scientific activity. It also speaks to the sometimes-unpredictable ways that experimentation can address sources of human suffering.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/03/embryonic-stem-cell-trial/</link>
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		<title>Commissioner Enhances FDA’s Commitment to Personalized Medicine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Incorporating personalized medicine into the U.S. health care system is a process rife with complexities, but last week, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg outlined some initiatives aimed at surmounting a few of the primary challenges. At the Sixth Annual Keynote Luncheon Address on the State of Personalized Medicine for the Personalized Medicine Coalition, she explained plans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scienceprogress.org/2010/03/fda-personalized-medicine/</link>
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