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Analysis: what does the federal court embryonic ruling really mean & what’s next?

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Today the US Federal Court of Appeals via a 3-judge panel ruled in favor of continued NIH funding of human embryonic stem cell research (hESCR). The ruling is a setback for pro-life extremists trying to shut down a very promising avenue of stem cell-based regenerative medicine with their lawsuit. It’s a good day for the […]

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Meet the real, not so charming Paul Ryan: an extremist out of touch with most Americans

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Mitt Romney announced on Saturday that his running mate would be Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. Ryan is a handsome, charming guy who American’s can tell already is much more at ease campaigning than Romney. However, Ryan’s voting record is extremely troubling and far from charming. In fact, it is downright ugly. The Chronicle of

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Romney-Ryan ticket terrible twosome for patients & science in America

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UPDATE: A new website here in depth on Paul Ryan’s views and votes on stem cells. The Romney:Ryan ticket is nothing but potential trouble for American science and patients. Should they win, they pose a serious threat to American science funding as well as for Medicare. Instilling great confidence in his own competence, Romney totally

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Why a Romney victory would equal a big defeat for MS patients

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What would a Romney victory mean for MS patients? Not good news I believe. As we’ve sort of, kinda gotten to know the Romney’s as potential President and First Lady, we’ve all learned some interesting things about them. I, for one, do not feel as though I know them very well still. Like many Americans,

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FDA finally bans poison and carcinogen BPA from baby products

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We live in an ever increasing plasticized world. There are many good things about plastic, but then there are also some very bad things such as the giant whirpools of plastic fragments out in the oceans that are larger than Texas and also some of the chemicals in plastics are dangerous. One particular chemical villain

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Updated: Do Vulcans Get Prostate Cancer and get surgery for it?

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It’s been a big couple months of headlines in the news for prostate cancer. I’m a prostate cancer survivor and cancer biologist so I spend probably more than my share of time thinking about prostate cancer and from a number of angles. A few days ago I got a test result suggesting I’m still in long-term

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Transformative idea for peer review: reviewing & grading the reviewers

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Do you feel frustrated with the current peer review system in science? I have an idea that might help and it involves the revolutionary idea of reviewer accountability. In other words, authors and grant writers in essence review their reviewers. I’ve made this all the easier for you with templates that you can simply and

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