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April 16, 2019 Biotechnology / Research

UW protein design group wins $45 million award

“We hope to attract the best and brightest in the world to the institute to work on what we believe is going to be a protein-design revolution.”

A ‘Fountain Of Youth’ Pill? Sure, If You’re A Mouse.

The researcher making these claims has a considerable financial stake in his claims being proven correct.

December 9, 2018 Antibiotics / Child Health / Drugs / Methods

What’s a clinical trial?

How can doctors work out what treatments actually work? Here’s where a type of study called a clinical trial is useful.

December 8, 2018 Ethics / Research

Doctors fail to disclose industry ties in journal articles

Industry-sponsored research tends to be more positive than that financed by other sources, that in turn can sway which treatments become available to patients

October 12, 2018 Ethics / Research

Sloan Kettering Cancer Researchers Correct the Record by Revealing Company Ties

Top researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have filed at least six corrections with medical journals recently, divulging financial relationships with health care companies that they did not previously disclose.

October 11, 2018 Infectious Disease / Research

Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your virome

Every surface of our body – inside and out – is covered in microorganisms: bacteria, viruses, fungi and many other microscopic life forms.

October 8, 2018 Abortion / Biotechnology / Ethics / Research

Fight over fetal tissue research heats up

The Trump administration faces mounting pressure from conservative lawmakers and abortion opponents to halt the use of tissue obtained from aborted fetuses.

September 19, 2018 Cancer / Drugs / Minorities / Research

Blacks, Native Americans left out of cancer drug trials

Black people and Native Americans are under-represented in clinical trials, even when the drugs are aimed at a cancer that disproportionately affects them.