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American Cancer Society Reports Decline in Cancer Mortality

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner | 0 Comments

According to a report published January 4, 2012, in CA: Cancer Journal for Clinicians, cancer incidence, mortality, and survival have improved overall since 1990. An estimated 1.02 million deaths from cancer were avoided during the last 20 years because of…

Recommendations for Diagnostic Laboratory Biosafety

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Matthew Tanner | 0 Comments

On January 6th, 2012, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published the results of a CDC Biosafety Blue Ribbon Panel regarding animal and human diagnostic laboratory biosafety practice. The article can be found in MMWR Supplement 61(01); 1-105. This…

From OLAW: Annual Reports to OLAW due January 31, 2012

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Matthew Tanner | 0 Comments

Annual reports for the period January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 are due to OLAW by January 31, 2012. The Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Policy) requires institutions to submit a…

New Online Course for SBR Researchers

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Matthew Tanner | 0 Comments

NIH has launched a new resource for social and behavioral scientists involved in genetic research projects. A free online course, Genetics and Social Science: Expanding Transdisciplinary Research, has been developed to provide a basic understanding of core concepts in genetics…

FDA Extends Comment Period on Draft IDE Guidance

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Matthew Tanner | 0 Comments

FDA has announced a new deadline of March 9, 2012, for submission of public comments regarding its draft guidance entitled, “FDA Decisions for Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Clinical Investigations”, which was originally published in the Federal Register on November 10,…

12th CDC International Symposium on Biosafety

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Matthew Tanner | 0 Comments

Registration is now open for the 12th CDC International Symposium on Biosafety, “2012 Sustainability: People, Practices, Planet” to be held in Atlanta, GA from February 13-15th. Conference information can be found on the main CDC Biosafety website and on The…

Brain interface research demonstrates perception feedback in Primates

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Matthew Tanner | 0 Comments

A recent letter to Nature describes a series of experiments involving rhesus macaque monkeys and Brain-Machine-Brain-Interfaces (BMBIs), in which these animals were able to move an object with their thoughts, and could recognize the texture of the objects they touched…

NIH halts new Awards for Chimpanzee Research

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Matthew Tanner |

In response to the December 15, 2011, report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM) entitled “Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Assessing the Necessity”, the NIH issued a press release entitled, “Statement by NIH Director Dr.…

UK Academy of Medical Science publishes report on animals containing human materials

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Matthew Tanner |

In July 2011, the Academy of Medical Science (UK) issued a report “Animals containing human material”, abbreviated ACHM, that described the need for a formal governing system or body that reviews research involving genetically modified animals that contain human gene…

IOM Recommends limits on Chimpanzee research

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Matthew Tanner |

On December 15, 2011, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM) published a report entitled “Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Assessing the Necessity” in response to a request from the NIH and Congress. The consensus report was…