http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/ News and Analysis from the World of Science Policy en Copyright 2009 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:46:09 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification by Jon Cohen Concern appears to be rising at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about people in lower risk groups cutting in line to receive the limited supplies of H1N1 vaccine. A letter sent today from CDC... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/swine-flu-vacci-2.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/swine-flu-vacci-2.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:46:09 -0500 by Jon Cohen With reporting by Martin Enserink. Although the world’s attention is focused on the novel H1N1 virus causing the swine flu pandemic, H3N2, a seasonal strain of influenza, has popped up in many East Asian countries—and some variants... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/sick-of-swine-f.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/sick-of-swine-f.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Top Story Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:37:14 -0500 by Jocelyn Kaiser Fewer academic biomedical scientists are relying on industry support for their research than in the mid-'90s, according to a study highlighted today in The Boston Globe. That's the most surprising result of the latest survey of industry... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/drug-company-mo.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/drug-company-mo.html Biomedicine industry funding research Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:46:30 -0500 by Martin Enserink It's a promise: 10% of the 250 million doses of H1N1 vaccine purchased by the United States will be donated to help poor countries. But when is still unclear. At a press conference today, Thomas Frieden, head... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/when-will-us-gi.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/when-will-us-gi.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:18:25 -0500 by Martin Enserink As the H1N1 swine flu pandemic marches on, western countries have begun vaccinating their most vulnerable populations against the virus. But many countries in the developing world lack the resources to buy the vaccine. With charitable donations... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/the-challenge-o.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/the-challenge-o.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:22:01 -0500 by Greg Miller Can a genetic disorder that derails brain development be cured with a drug? A clinical trial announced today represents the first step towards testing a drug therapy for Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/could-a-pill-re.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/could-a-pill-re.html Biomedicine Top Story Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:21:51 -0500 by Jon Cohen U.S. policymakers erred on the side of caution in September when they recommended that children under 10 need two doses of the swine flu vaccine to develop a strong enough immune response to protect them from the... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/2-shots-for-kid.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/11/2-shots-for-kid.html Biomedicine Swine Flu swine flu Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:14:56 -0500 by Jon Cohen and Martin Enserink Health officials today reiterated that the novel H1N1 virus continues to spread rapidly around temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, hospitalizing and killing an unusual number of children, young adults, and pregnant women. The... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/swine-flu-sprea-1.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/swine-flu-sprea-1.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:46:48 -0500 by John Travis Illicit drugs, science and politics can be a volatile mix, no doubt. So it's not a total surprise that David Nutt, a respected psychopharmacologist at the Bristol outpost of Imperial College London, was canned today as the... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/uk-drug-czar-ou.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/uk-drug-czar-ou.html Biomedicine Europe Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:22:18 -0500 by Jon Cohen South African President Jacob Zuma unequivocally declared today that his country had to step up its efforts against HIV/AIDS. "We need to do more, and we need to do better, together," said Zuma in a speech to... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/in-celebrated-r.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/in-celebrated-r.html Biomedicine aids Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:04:29 -0500 by Jocelyn Kaiser The results are in for National Institutes of Health's much-discussed Challenge Grants, and the news is only slightly better than expected: The agency funded 840 projects, which puts the portion of the mind boggling 20,000-plus applications funded... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/where-nihs-stim-1.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/where-nihs-stim-1.html Biomedicine Budget Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:14:35 -0500 http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/how-swine-flu-v.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/how-swine-flu-v.html Biomedicine Swine Flu Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:46:46 -0500 by Jocelyn Kaiser A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit challenging the Obama Administration's policy lifting restrictions on using federal funds to study human embryonic stem cells. Christian groups had sued the National Institutes of Health in August, arguing on... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/judge-throws-ou.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/judge-throws-ou.html Biomedicine stem cells Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:28:11 -0500 by Erik Stokstad President Barack Obama didn't launch any new initiatives in his visit today to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he highlighted clean energy technology and the need for climate change legislation. But he did wonder if... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/roundup-1023-th.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/roundup-1023-th.html Biomedicine Energy Environment/Climate Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:07:28 -0500 by Eliot Marshall Molecular biologist Suzanne Stratton was working to improve clinical trials at the Carle Cancer Center of Urbana, Illinois, when she was fired late last year—prompting an investigation of the center’s standards, according to a report in The... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/cancer-center-s.html http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/cancer-center-s.html Biomedicine Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:11:37 -0500