Authored by Dr. Baron Wolf University of Kentucky Terri Hall University of Notre Dame When we make decisions throughout our day, whether personal at home or strategic in the workplace, we use data and information to assist us. This does not always mean we refer to complex charts,...
Authored by Evan Roberts Executive Director SRAI Email: eroberts@srainternational.org. A government shutdown is upon us (today ties it with the longest shutdown in U.S. history), with the potential to negatively impact our business operations and the day to day lives of our research...
Excerpt from "Up-Dated ICMJE Recommendations," posted on ICMJE, December 2018. The ICMJE up-dated the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals. To assist in identifying where changes have been made, an annotated PDF is...
Excerpt from "NIH study implicates hyperactive immune system in aging brain disorders," posted on NIH News, January 2, 2019. The results are based on experiments in which the researchers altered the activity of Cdk5, a gene that preclinical studies have suggested is important for early brain...
Excerpt from "NSF announces awards for soft robotics research," posted on NSF News, December 20, 2018 "Configurable, strong, mobile robots could safely explore environments too hostile for humans, such as disaster zones and the deep ocean," said Dawn Tilbury, NSF's assistant director for...
Excerpt from "Proximity to muscle cells may promote spread of prostate cancer cells, NIH study suggests," posted on NIH News, January 2, 2019. The presence of muscle cells appears to make cancer cells more likely to fuse two or more cancer cells into a single cell, thereby increasing their...
Excerpt from "Connecting Senescent Cells to Obesity and Anxiety," posted on NIH Director's Blog, January 8, 2019. Now, NIH-funded researchers have found that when lean mice are fed a high-fat diet that makes them obese, they also have more senescent cells in their brain and show more anxious...
Excerpt from "Eyes of CJD patients show evidence of prions," posted on NIH News, November 20, 2018. National Institutes of Health scientists and their colleagues have found evidence of the infectious agent of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in the eyes of deceased CJD patients. The...
Excerpt from "Study explains behavioral reaction to painful experiences," posted on NIH News, November 16, 2018. Exposure to uncomfortable sensations elicits a wide range of appropriate and quick reactions, from reflexive withdrawal to more complex feelings and behaviors. To better...
Excerpt from "Institutional Review Board Waiver or Alteration of Informed Consent for Minimal Risk Clinical Investigations," posted on the Federal Register, November 15, 2018 . The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is proposing to amend its regulations to implement a provision of...
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