WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2012 –The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), partnering with Bioversity International and the Global Crop Diversity Trust, has launched the Germplasm Resources Information Network-Global (GRIN-Global), a powerful but easy-to-use, Internet-based information management system…

A webinar entitled “Using Policies and Guidances to Manage Your Animal Care and Use Program”, will take place on Thursday, February 16, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET.  Register here. Attendees will gain an in-depth understanding of guidances and policies, and…

This is a follow-up blog to “Release of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Delayed” Dr Lee Han Lim, Head, Medical Entomology Unit & WHO Collaborating Centre for Vectors, IMR, released a response to the recent public outcry regarding the planned release of genetically-modified mosquitoes into…

The Obama Administration today announced new efforts to fight Alzheimer’s disease, including immediately making an additional $50 million available for cutting-edge Alzheimer’s research. In addition, the administration announced that its Fiscal Year 2013 budget will boost funding for Alzheimer’s research…

The European Forum for Good Clinical Practice recently devoted an entire conference to the topic of informed consent. Attendees expressed concern that European research standards for informed consent are being undermined by the use of overly lengthy and complicated forms.…

The National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University will host an ethics education intensive April 24-27, 2012. More information is available on the university’s website.

Nature reports the Minnesota Department of Health has started destroying archival blood samples that were the focus of a lawsuit over the unauthorized retention and use of specimens collected from newborns for genetic screening. The state had been collecting the specimens…