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Diversity in Clinical Trials at FDA Gets a Boost From New Law
Source: Bloomberg Law Drug and device companies should prepare now for new legal requirements aimed at improving clinical trial diversity—even as they wait for more action from the FDA.
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How Higher Education Became The Target Of Bots, Fake Accounts And Online Fraud
Source: Forbes As the higher education industry becomes more reliant on technology, it’s also becoming more vulnerable to fraud.
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U.S. should expand rules for risky virus research to more pathogens, panel says
Source: Science Draft report from biosecurity panel examining “gain-of-function” research policy gets mixed response from outside experts.
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Pausing Long-Term Breast Cancer Therapy to Become Pregnant Appears to Be Safe
Source: NIH National Cancer Institute Women with early-stage breast cancer may be able to pause hormone therapy for up to 2 years to become pregnant without raising the risk of a recurrence in the short term, a study shows.
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Experimental HIV vaccine regimen safe but ineffective, study finds
Source: NIH The clinical trial began in 2019 and involved 3,900 volunteers.
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No jail time for Kansas professor convicted for undisclosed research ties to China
Source: Science Sentencing of Franklin Tao is latest rejection by U.S. courts of government’s prosecution of Chinese-born scientists.
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A mental health tech company ran an AI experiment on real users. Nothing’s stopping apps from conducting more.
Source: NBC News A chat app used for emotional support used a popular chatbot to write answers for humans to select. Controversy followed.
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Now is the time to prepare for changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Source: JD Supra Along with changes to various sections within the current HIPAA Privacy Rule, the proposed rules also introduce new requirements related to new sections that may become finalized when the final rule is published.
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Decisional capacity and informed consent, explained
Source: Spectrum News To include more autistic people in research, here's what scientists need to know about informed consent procedures for study participants who have impaired decision-making capacity.
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What Do We Owe Lab Animals?
Source: New York Times The standard ethical guidelines encourage minimizing the use of, and harm to, animals used in research. Some experts propose an additional courtesy: repayment.
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‘Transformational’: Federal Earmarks a Boon for Higher Ed
Source: Inside Higher Ed Congress sent more than $1.7 billion to nearly 550 colleges and universities in earmarks. Although a few institutions received tens of millions for projects, the median payment for institutions was $1.25 million, according to an Inside Higher Ed analysis.
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