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September 12, 2016

Can 21st Century Cures Get a Fair Shake in an Election Year?

The 21st Century Cures Act is an amalgam of ideas with one objective: improving the laborious process of moving medical innovation from the lab to patients’ bedsides. Two years in the making, this bipartisan effort — like any other in Washington — has been amended by compromise...

September 9, 2016

Obama Policy Wind-Up Could Affect Drugmakers, Device Companies

Bloomberg BNA – Rules and policies released as the Obama administration winds down will clarify how much the federal government caught up to the many changes—including those involving technology—in the drug and device industries.

September 9, 2016

DARPA reveals new program to address 'safety gaps' in gene editing techniques

Daily Mail – Recent plans to use gene editing techniques to obstruct mosquitoes’ disease-carrying abilities have raised concerns. Now, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has revealed a new program that aims to set a ‘safe course’ for this field.

September 9, 2016

New lab combines science with law and policymaking

The Chronicle – Researchers at the Science, Law & Policy Laboratory focus on the social impact of new technology, recognizing that advancements in modern science have outstripped the domain of current legislation.

September 9, 2016

Updated EEOC Retaliation Guidance Suggests Scrutiny for Internal Investigation Practices

Lexology – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission takes an expansive position on protection given to persons who make internal complaints about discrimination in bad faith in updated guidance on retaliation law.

September 9, 2016

Cancer Moonshot panel releases recommendations as precision medicine spreads

The expert panel for Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative has outlined its recommendations for researching the disease in hopes of...

September 9, 2016

FDA weighs crackdown that could shut hundreds of stem cell clinics

STAT – Scientists on Monday will urge the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on rogue clinics across the country that market stem cell treatments for a dizzying array of ailments.

September 9, 2016

Expect Clearer View of GMO Labeling Rules Before 2017: Vilsack

Bloomberg BNA – The food industry is poised to get a better view of the Agriculture Department's approach to rules implementing a federal labeling law for foods made with genetically modified organisms.

September 8, 2016

Has DNA met its match as a forensic tool?

The Washington Post – Scientists say a new method of analyzing genetic mutations in proteins in human hair could lead to the first forensic technique other than DNA profiling that could reliably match biological evidence to a single person with scientific precision.

September 8, 2016

The Campaign and Science

Inside Higher Ed – The contrast between the two presidential candidates is a dynamic that has made it a challenge for advocates, government relations types and journalists to project how the election will impact not only basic research funding but issues like regulation.

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Can 21st Century Cures Get a Fair Shake in an Election Year?

Obama Policy Wind-Up Could Affect Drugmakers, Device Companies

DARPA reveals new program to address 'safety gaps' in gene editing techniques

New lab combines science with law and policymaking

Updated EEOC Retaliation Guidance Suggests Scrutiny for Internal Investigation Practices

Cancer Moonshot panel releases recommendations as precision medicine spreads

FDA weighs crackdown that could shut hundreds of stem cell clinics

Expect Clearer View of GMO Labeling Rules Before 2017: Vilsack

Has DNA met its match as a forensic tool?

The Campaign and Science

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