Fri, Feb 03, 2012
Business Criteria, Not Patriotism, Determine Manufacturing Decisions
In his State of the Union speech in January, President Barack Obama put out the call for strengthening the U.S. manufacturing industry. Two of his significant comments were “we have a huge opportunity, at this moment, to bring manufacturing back,” and “ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs ba
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Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Whence Goeth NIH Investigators?
With the passage of H.R. 2055 last December, NIH effectively lowered the salary cap for principal investigators and officials by $20,000. Executive Level 2, which totals $179,700.00, is now in place of Executive Level I, which was $199,700.00. According to Jameson & Company, a CPA firm that works wi
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Tue, Jan 24, 2012
The Human Roots of Stem Cells
If banal remarks like "funny weather we've been having" fail to impress, there's a new truism in town: "Stem cells are a popular topic these days." Human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research has dominated bioethics discussions for the past two decades, but the underlying science has been making peopl
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Wed, Jan 18, 2012
Agbiotech Is Working to Help Plants Cope with Global Warming
I just returned from the 20th Annual Plant and Animal Genome Conference, which was held in San Diego. It appears to be the premier meeting covering this particular subject, as many of the scientists I spoke to told me that thousands of researchers from all over the world attend every year. As those
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Wed, Jan 04, 2012
Chimps Get a Break
The U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies should be congratulated for its thoughtful conclusions concerning the use of chimpanzees in a range of NIH research projects. After a careful and in-depth study of the issue, the IOM last month issued a report entitled “Chimpanzees in Bi
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