Sentences with phrase «as biomedical research»
The current uproar was ignited when an antiabortion activist, posing as a biomedical research company representative, captured on video — which he then edited in the most misleading way possible — discussions by Planned Parenthood physicians of the procedures they use (when recovering specific fetal organ tissues) and the cost ($ 30 to $ 100 to reimburse for costs).
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This anti-abortion activist posed as a biomedical research company representative on a video he misleadingly edited to misrepresent Planned Parenthood staff he targeted.
2010 - Present: Working as a biomedical research technician in Galileo Diagnostic Clinic, Gwent, London
They also help veterinarians or scientists on research projects in areas such as biomedical research, disaster preparedness, and food safety.
As biomedical research mushroomed, animal dealers did a brisk trade supplying chimpanzees to laboratories anxious to test their vaccines, drugs and theories about disease on our closest living relatives.
This novel knowledge management framework, which is already transforming the world of toxicology, has the potential to penetrate other fields such as biomedical research, where effective translation of mechanistic understanding into application is central to innovation and progress.
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An NIH spokesperson tells Endpoints that Dr. Francis Collins, director of the biomedical research agency, will stay on as its head as Donald Trump takes office.
«Her breadth of experience in biomedical research and development can benefit Exelixis greatly as the company recommits its resources to drug discovery and bolstering its pipeline following the successful ongoing commercialization of its lead medicine, CABOMETYX.»
She currently serves as President and Executive Director and as a member of the board of directors of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), an independent 501 (c)(3) charitable organization established by Congress to support the mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by raising private funds for biomedical research and fostering partnerships and alliances around the world.
Her accomplishments are impressive: she speaks five languages, holds a master's in biomedical engineering, and pursued a career as a cancer research scientist.
The study has received the approval of the administration of the Souissi Maternity Hospital in Rabat, as well as the approval of the ethics committee for biomedical research at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Rabat, registered with the Office for Human Research Protection of the US Health and Human Services Department (Registration Number: IORG0research at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Rabat, registered with the Office for Human Research Protection of the US Health and Human Services Department (Registration Number: IORG0Research Protection of the US Health and Human Services Department (Registration Number: IORG0006594).
Congress has not only rejected the president's proposal to cut the National Institutes of Health as part of a broad reordering of priorities, away from science and social spending; lawmakers from both parties have joined forces to increase spending on biomedical research — and have bragged about it.
The NASEM report, commissioned by Congress in 2016, collected career aspiration, training, and outcome data from NIH, research institutions, and professional societies, as well as solicited suggestions from individual university administrators and biomedical scientists at different stages of their careers.The report especially zeroed in on the plight of the postdoctoral research fellow.
Nations such as China, Japan, and Russia have recognized the value of public - private collaborations in biomedical research and are moving aggressively to invest in these areas, Cassell says.
Numerous smaller nonprofits, such as the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research and the Australian Stem Cell Centre, to name two, have a specific biomedical focus.
As economists and others explore how biomedical research is shifting on a grand scale, Science set out to tell the stories of individuals.
«Once this novel tumor - homing agent binds to the EphA2 receptor, the oncogene functions as a cancer - specific molecular Trojan horse for paclitaxel, carrying the drug inside the cancel cell, killing the cell, and thwarting metastasis,» said Maurizio Pellecchia, a professor of biomedical sciences at UCR's School of Medicine who led the research.
But, as study co-author Schaffer, quoted by Basken, observes, «there is no evidence that there is a shortage of young, well - trained biomedical researchers to take their place on faculties in schools of higher education or as principal investigators on NIH research grants.»
Even though I've been out of the biomedical research lab for 7 years, I still regularly use many of these skills in my work running educational programs geared toward improving equity and inclusion in the sciences, as well as connecting scientific research with the public.
I work in the Science Policy Department of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), the Spanish national centre for cardiovascular research, which was established by the Spanish ministry of health as a centre of excellence to give impetus to biomedical research in this area.
Both books also tackle the resulting shift in ethical, aspirational, and legal landscapes in biomedical research as molecular scientists rushed to form industrial ties, universities accelerated patenting and licensing activities, and entrepreneurs created biotechnology companies.
In the second letter, Frankie L. Trull, writing on behalf of the National Association for Biomedical Research, expressed concern about what she perceived as an overly sympathetic tone, noting that «[f] or years, many biomedical researchers, their staff, and their families have been egregiously targeted by PETA and understandably are demoralized.
HHMI does provide grants and fellowships, but it prefers to think of itself not as a foundation, but as an active biomedical research organization.
June is not surprised that a Chinese group would jump out in front on a trial such as this: «China places a high priority on biomedical research,» he says.
As such, his influence on biomedical research would be considerable.
If you are a biomedical engineer developing scaffolds to grow cartilage for regenerative medicine, you are unlikely to publish in top biology journals because your research is not viewed as fundamental, Viceconti says.
The body of scientific knowledge and skills needed to work in biomedical engineering is just as diverse as the range of research topics.
• Changes may be afoot for biomedical scientists as a result of efforts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve the reproducibility of preclinical research.
«A lot of things are happening at a very fast pace,» says Jackie Ying, who was a professor for 11 years at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, before moving to Singapore in 2003 as executive director of the Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, «and Singapore has tremendous research opportunities, especially in the biomedical areas.»
In the past decade, ethical questions in science have made headlines on issues such as the patenting of human genes, financial conflicts of interest in biomedical research and risk assessments related to environmental exposure to chemicals.
As such, opportunities for veterinary medical scientists run the gamut from biomedical and pharmaceutical research to public health and academia.
LabMate, a Boston - area, investor - funded, startup company that launched in May, aims to «disrupt» the current science career logjam by bringing the «gig economy» to bioscience through its proprietary online platform, according to co-founder and CEO Craig Russo, who went into business development after completing a bachelor's degree in biological and biomedical sciences and working as a research assistant.
As anyone who follows biomedical science knows, research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has fallen significantly since 2010 — the end of the abrupt 2 - year infusion of «stimulus» money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which temporarily boosted spending.
This attitude has spurred biotechnology in Medicon Valley, as the network of biomedical research interests in Denmark and southern Sweden is known.
Since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations, new opportunities for research cooperation have opened up quickly in such fields as biomedical sciences, public health, and agriculture as well as science related to ocean conservation and other environmental research.
Meredith joined Science as a staff writer focusing on neuroscience in September 2016, after covering biomedical research and its politics from Washington, D.C., for 20 years.
The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science defines laboratory animal science as «a field of science devoted to the production, care, and study of laboratory animals used in biomedical research and education.
Besides working at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, Meyer heads something called the DREAM challenges, contests that ask teams of computer scientists to solve outstanding biomedical problems, such as predicting the outcome of prostate cancer treatment based on clinical variables or detecting breast cancer from mammogram data.
HFSP and other international biomedical research programs can serve as models for the far larger investment efforts needed to promote and maintain research networks and training across national boundaries.
Canarian researchers say some 30 other biomedical research projects at the islands» two universities and at university hospitals will be affected as well.
«Our research shows that targeting cannabinoid receptors in the periphery with pharmacological inhibitors that do not reach the brain holds promise as a safe therapeutic approach for the treatment of overeating and diet - induced obesity,» said Nicholas V. DiPatrizio, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences in the School of Medicine, who led the research project.
One common application for quantum dots is to use them as cell markers in biomedical research, says Todd Krauss, an associate professor of chemistry and optics at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics who studies the fundamental properties of quantum dots as well as their optical properties.
They see it as an attempt to undermine a program that biomedical lobbyists have complained is supporting low - quality research at a time when excellent proposals from top scientists are being rejected for lack of funds.
The research, published today in the journal PLOS One, appears as scientists are increasingly concerned about federal support for basic biomedical research.
«The quality of this sequence is comparable to the first sequencing of the human genome as published 15 years ago, which revolutionized biomedical research at that time,» enthuses Matthias Platzer — research group leader at the FLI and involved in both the human and fish genome sequencing progressions.
The work applies a data analysis model for the growth and maturation of biomedical research to characterize the progress of research on the pharmaceutical chemistry of oligonucleotide therapeutics, as well as the molecular targets, for their actions.
In repelling these individuals from biomedical research, we reduce the quality of the junior scientist pool and ultimately the entire scientific enterprise as junior scientists ascend the career ladder.
«Today, the role of patients as partners permeates the R&D landscape,» and «[t] he past year has ushered in a «perfect storm» of policy initiatives in biomedical research and opportunities for patient engagement,» the authors wrote.
It was also at NCI that I experienced first hand how biomedical research can have an impact on the political and economic well being of a country: I worked with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in using the framework of cancer research as a vehicle to close a political divide.
I work as a scientific editor in a large university medical center, where I also teach scientific writing to postdocs, junior faculty, and medical residents who are doing biomedical research.