The future of grant review: robots?
My cartoon take on a possible future for grant review.
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Silence kills science? My invitation to RNL Europe CEO Glenn McGee to do a Q&A interview on his company
In the comments section of a recent post on adult stem cell treatment safety on this blog, the CEO of RNL Europe, Glenn McGee made the philosophical statement that “silence kills science”. It’s an interesting thought and I think to some extent there is truth in it. Openness, data-sharing, dialogue…these are all good things. In
Real message from the LA Times: no change at CIRM will ever be good enough for us
The LA Times has an opinion piece out today by Michael Hiltzik criticizing CIRM. It’s deja vu all over again. The LA Times has shown itself to be very biased against CIRM over the years. Hiltzik specifically has been very hostile to the stem cell agency. I see their coverage of CIRM as unbalanced, never focusing
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How does blogging affect an academic career? In poll most think it is a bit positive
I recently did a poll asking folks how they thought blogging would affect an academic’s career and got 50 responses. The results suggest that most respondents thought it was not particularly harmful to one’s career. 18% and 4% thought it mildly and strongly negative, respectively. Far more were enthusiastic as 52% and 6% thought it
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CIRM Board: Will it hold a quick shot vote today on dramatic changes?
CIRM Board Members continue to discuss the proposed changes in response to the IOM report (see pic above). There seems to be a slight majority in favor of the proposed changes amongst the board, however several board members are saying they need more time to consider the proposed changes and are uncomfortable voting today. As
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“Solomonic” CIRM Proposal: Institutional Board Members Would not Vote on Grants
I just received a copy of the CIRM proposed response to the IOM recommendations. Regarding what I believe to be the most important element, revamping the CIRM Board (aka ICOC), I was interested to see that CIRM (via President Jonathan Thomas) recommended that all institutional members of the Board no longer vote on whether to
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George Church: ‘Adventurous’ woman sought to carry Neanderthal baby
The headline quoting George Church reads: ‘Adventurous’ woman sought to carry Neanderthal baby Supposedly Harvard Geneticist George Church, according to Der Spiegel magazine (and gazillions of other mainstream media outlets that translated the German piece including here), wants to clone a Neanderthal baby using an unholy combination of stem cell and genetics technologies. The only problem
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Nobel Laureate John Gurdon not a fan of idea of human cloning
Human cloning is an important issue at both scientific and societal levels. Earlier I included a guest post from bioethicist, Arthur Caplan, on human cloning. Today I am posting a short Q&A with Nobel Laureate John Gurdon. I asked Gurdon three specific questions and below each I have listed his answer. My sense is that
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Mit nevezünk őssejtnek?
Hungarian Mit nevezünk őssejtnek? Az emberi test több száz különböző, a mindennapi életünkhöz nélkülözhetetlen sejttípusból épül fel. Ezen sejtek biztosítják testünk folyamatos működését, felelősek szívverésünkért, azért, hogy agyunk gondolkodik, vesénk megtisztítja vérünket, hogy lekopó bőrsejtjeink pótlódnak stb. Az őssejtek egyedi feladata az összes különféle működő sejttípus előállítása. Az őssejtek felelősek az új sejtek képződéséért. Az
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Guest post by Arthur Caplan on Human Reproductive Cloning
Note that this is the first in a series of guest posts and interviews on human reproductive cloning. Next will be an interview with Nobel Laureate John Gurdon. By Arthur Caplan The issue of human cloning for reproduction is one of the greatest non-issues in the history of ethical disputes in America and around the
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