The total count of CNS and joint infections related to the multistate fungal meningitis outbreak has risen to 247, with 19 deaths reported (including 8 in Tennessee, the hardest hit[…]
Recent news reports highlight two interesting stem cell trials involving children, one completed and one just getting underway. Researchers at the Sutter Neuroscience Institute in[…]
Earlier this month, US Congressional Representatives Brian Bilbray (R-CA, Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced House Resolution 6502, the Life-Threatening Diseases Compassion through Combination[…]
October 2012 marks 50 years since the passage of the Kefauver-Harris Drug Act of 1962, known less formally as the Kefauver-Harris drug amendments. The bill, named[…]
Investigators and research administrators will want to take note of two NIH guide notices that were published in August 2012. NOT-OD-12-129, “Guidance on Changes That[…]
According to a paper recently published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientific misconduct is the leading cause of retractions. Misconduct means fabrication,[…]
Discussions about involving children in research usually center on protecting them from harm, and rightly so. Is there such a thing as too much caution?[…]
The current outbreak of fungal meningitis, which has been linked to epidural injections of a contaminated steroid product from the New England Compounding Center, has[…]
The current outbreak of fungal meningitis, which has been linked to epidural injections of a contaminated steroid product from the New England Compounding Center, has[…]
A recent Scientific American Guest Blog post by Jalees Rehman, MD, explored whether the source of funding affects clinical research quality. Many members of the research community[…]