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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 Wakefield and 12 co-authors in The Lancet in 1998, was…

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…

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 as a whole. Part of the information transferred relates to…

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…

It’s Worth Repeating- Burdensome New 1099 Rule has been Repealed

Posted on January 5, 2012 by InfoEd Global |

As we gear-up for the arduous task of multiple year-end reporting, it is important to remember that President Obama signed the Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act, on April 14, 2011. This repeal eliminates previous…

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…

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 at the Yale School of Medicine found that a third…

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. An Associated Press story published in the Washington Post and…

Economic Impact of Federally Funded Medical Research

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Roger Wood |

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently published The Economic Impact of Publicly Funded Research Conducted by AAMC-Member Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals. In 2009, the report noted, federal- and state-funded research by medical schools and teaching hospitals added…

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…