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NIH Releases Final Embryonic Stem Cell Research Guidelines

Category: stem cells

Not much has changed from the draft guidelines... which is both a good and a bad thing.

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Help Andy Revkin Annotate Obama's NAS Speech

Category: Obama Administration

Earlier today, President Barack Obama delivered a major speech on science policy to the National Academy of Sciences. Read more about it in my previous post. Now, though, Andy Revkin of Dot Earth is trying to annotate the speech with...

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Obama Pledges Major New Commitment to Science in Speech to NAS

Category: Obama Administration

Obama pledged that under his leadership, the US will devote more than three percent of GDP to research and development, the largest commitment to science in US history.

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Public Comments Open on Draft NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research

Category: stem cells

About a week ago, the NIH announced its draft guidelines covering the funding of human embryonic stem cell research. You can read the draft guidelines here and my post on the topic here. As these are draft guidelines, they are...

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NIH Announces New Embryonic Stem Cell Research Guidelines

Category: stem cells

The new guidelines are much more reasonable than those of the Bush Administration, but are still overly restrictive.

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President Obama Begins to Reverse Bush Era Political Interference in Science

Category: stem cells

Today was a great day for science in the Executive Branch. Firstly, President Barack Obama (finally!) lifted George W. Bush's August 2001 restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research in an executive order entitled "Removing Barriers to...

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An Unsettling Meeting with the UK's Science Minister

Category: science policy

Paul Drayson came across as out of touch and blinded by fanatical entrepreneurialism.

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We Need You to Help Fund Science Classrooms! ScienceBlogs/DonorsChoose Challenge 2008

Category: DonorsChoose

Give early and give often!

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NIH Director Elias Zerhouni Announces Resignation

Category: NIH

Earlier today, Elias Zerhouni--who has been the director of the NIH since 2002--announced that he will resign at the end of this October. According to the NIH press release, he is stepping down "to pursue writing projects and explore other...

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Obama on Science and Technology

Category: Barack Obama

Although lacking detail in some areas, his answers are on target and are indicative of sound scientific advising.

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More on the Levine Stem Cell Article

Category: stem cells

The consequences of national policies not conducive to human embryonic stem cell research might be more dire than originally indicated.

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Performance in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Correlates With National Policies

Category: stem cells

Surprise, surprise!

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Science for a Brave New World

Category: philosophy of science

Is there a certain suite of legislation that needs to be passed now in order to provide a greater assurance of scientific good in the near future?

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New Photos on the About Page

Category: Life of Nick

Dare I be so presumptuous to suggest that you've checked out the About page on my blog in the last couple of days, you may have noticed a few new photos. The first one was taken last summer in front...

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We Want a Presidential Debate on Science!

Category: Election 2008

From evolution to stem cells, from declining NIH grant success rates to accelerating global warming, the next president is going to face a broad range of issues directly related to science.

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Embryonic Stem Cell Debate Over; Thousands of Researchers Now Jobless

Category: stem cells

The media mangles otherwise interesting and significant stem cell findings.

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ScienceBlogs/DonorsChoose Challenge Raises over $69,000 for Science Classrooms

Category: causes

Thursday was the last day of the month-long DonorsChoose challenge, and ScienceBlogs did incredibly well. You can view the full leaderboard here, but Janet of Adventures in Ethics and Science offers these details: 20 Sb blogs mounted challenges; 12 of...

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Texans: Vote "Yes" on Proposition 15

Category: Texas

To create the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorize $3 billion in funding for cancer research

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DonorsChoose Bloggers Challenge Update

Category: causes

We've raised $295 at The Scientific Activist on just one week, but we still have $705 to go.

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Senate to Vote on Mandatory Public Access to NIH Research Results

Category: open access

Following the House, which passed its version in July.

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Animal Rights Activists Hijack the Brains of Three Respectable Scientists!

Category: animal rights

...and then publish a scientific paper!

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House Approves Mandatory Public Access to NIH Research Results

Category: open access

The next step is the Senate.

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General Thoughts on the NIH

Category: funding of science

Regarding grant success rates, budget constraints, the Roadmap, biodefense, young investigators, and open access

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House to Vote on Embryonic Stem Cell Bill This Thursday, Amniotic Stem Cells No Substitute for the Real Thing

Category: stem cells

Yes, that's TOMORROW!!!

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Commenting on Zerhouni Commenting on the NIH Funding Decline

Category: funding of science

Since we had an interesting discussion here back in September about the rapid decline in success rates of NIH R01 grants, I should point readers over to Effect Measure for some informed commentary on a recent article in Science (subscription...

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Texas Congressional District 17: Chet Edwards

Category: Congress

There's a hot congressional race going on right now deep in the heart of Texas in District 17, which stretches from just north of Houston to just south of Fort Worth and includes my alma mater, Texas A&M University. The...

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More on NIH R01 Grants

Category: funding of science

Since I reported yesterday on a letter in Science describing the current decline in funding of NIH (National Institutes of Health) R01 grants, several others have chimed in as well. PZ Myers of Pharyngula gave the post a mention,...

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A Shocking Decrease in Funding of NIH Grants

Category: funding of science

Success rates of NIH R01 grants are in rapid decline, due to a combination of more applications submitted, fewer grants awarded, and less total funds allocated.

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