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Racial Pill Maker’s Sales Drop in Wider-than-expected-loss

Lower-than-expected sales of a new heart-failure drug approved only for use by Black patients should not signal doom for racially tailored drugs, says a medical expert. Despite low sales affecting stock market shares of the drug’s maker, NitroMed Inc., racially tailored drugs might be here to stay.

May 30, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Douglass College Saved — Sort of

When Rutgers University President Richard McCormick proposed a radical reorganization last year to consolidate the undergraduate colleges…

April 19, 2006

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Univ. of Texas Professor Criticized Over Comments About Pandemic

A University of Texas biology professor has been targeted by talk radio, bloggers and vitriolic e-mails — including a death threat…

April 5, 2006

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South Korea Formally Strips Disgraced Scientist Hwang of ‘Top Scientist’ Title

South Korea’s government stripped disgraced cloning pioneer Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk of his “top scientist” title this week, just days after his university fired him for faking much of his celebrated stem cell research…

March 23, 2006

STEM

Rutgers University Reorganization Preserves All-Female Campus Presence

The Rutgers University board of governors recently approved a major university reorganization, simplifying a complicated system of undergraduate colleges even as it preserved an all-female niche on the campus…

March 14, 2006

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Gene Variation Increases SIDS Risk in African-Americans

According to a recent study by University of Chicago researchers, about 5 percent of deaths from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in…

March 2, 2006

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South Korean University Suspends Disgraced Stem Cell Researchers

Seoul National University decided last week to temporarily bar disgraced scientist Dr. Hwang Woo-suk and six other professors on his team from teaching and…

February 12, 2006

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Seoul National University May Interview

South Korea’s top university has asked for an interview with an American researcher as it investigates scientist…

January 25, 2006

Leadership & Policy

University Apologizes Over South Korean Researcher’s Fake Stem Cell

South Korea’s top university this week apologized for the scandal over Hwang Woo-suk’s faked stem cell research…

January 12, 2006

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Emerging Scholars: Secrets In A Song

Dr. Erich D. Jarvis has contributed quite a bit to the field of neurobiology in just a few years…

January 11, 2006

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Seoul National University May Interview U.S. Researcher Over Fraud Cloning

South Korea’s top university has asked for an interview with an American researcher as it investigates…

January 4, 2006

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How They Beat the Odds

Chicana scientists share stories of overcoming obstacles to achieve professional success

November 2, 2005