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Defamation Suit Filed Over Discredited Autism Research

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

Andrew Wakefield is suing the British Medical Journal over a series of articles that criticized his research suggesting a link between childhood vaccinations and autism. The original paper, published by…

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…

Animal Facilities Management Procedure Tracking

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

As linked modules, Laboratory Animals (LA) and Animal Facilities Management (AFM) currently share information in a one way (LA to AFM) transfer of protocol information upon Approval of the protocol…

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…

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…

BMJ Recommends Disciplinary Action for Researchers Who Fail to Publish

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

An editorial published by the British Medical Journal on January 3, 2012, explores the problem of “missing” data from clinical trial results that go unpublished. A study led by researchers…

Medication Shortages Reached New High in 2011

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

According to the University of Utah’s Drug Information Service, there were 267 new reports of national prescription drug shortages in the US, representing an increase of over 400% since 2004.…

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…

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…

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…