WHO backs COVID-19 vaccine trials that deliberately infect participants
In new guidelines issued on May 6, WHO has backed human challenge studies for COVID-19 vaccines on the ground that
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In defiance, several rogue U.S. federal agency Twitter accounts crop up
Resistance by scientists and show of support for science by the public is reaching a new peak ever since the
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University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers working with Brazilian collaborators have started publicly sharing on a daily basis results and data of
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“Getting funding [for research] is easy in India,” said Dr. Mathai Joseph “because there is no competition here. Money is
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Published in The Hindu on February 28, 2013 At last, papers arising from research work funded by tax-payers’ money and
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Published in The Hindu on November 3, 2012 If in 2004, Nucleic Acids Research made an overnight switch from being
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Published in The Hindu on May 2, 2012 Harvard University’s decision to ask faculty members to make their papers available
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Published in The Hindu on December 26, 2011 The United States government, which funded two teams of scientists to research
Read MoreEditorial: Ideology ruins science
Published in The Hindu on September 7, 2010 Human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research in the United States has hit
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Published in The Hindu on April 14, 2010 Who owns your genes? Among others, medical diagnostics companies, which — in
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Published in The Hindu on August 11, 2009 The suspense over the eligible human embryonic stem cell lines for federal
Read MoreEditorial: Accessing publicly funded research
Published in The Hindu on July 25, 2009 In less than six months of U.S. President Barack Obama signing into
Read MoreHas the war directed at science ended?
Published in The Hindu on May 28, 2009 Informed consent, one of the most frequently used expressions in clinical trials,
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