NewsBlog: NIH stem cell news - or is it? Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 20th September 2007 09:53 PM GMT] An interesting news release from the NIH landed in my inbox Tuesday (September 18). The headline said the agency "Announces Plan to Implement President's Stem Cell Executive Order." I know, I know -- the executive order came six years ago. But apparently, now the agency is taking new steps -- for instance, asking for grant applications to study non-embryonic sources... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Going anti-anti open access Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 12th September 2007 11:17 PM GMT] The Association of American Publishers' campaign against open access has angered one member of an AAP division so much that he has resigned, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. James D. Jordan, president and director of Columbia University Press, told The Chronicle yesterday that he had resigned from the Executive Council of the AAP's... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Korean crackdown on research Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 10th September 2007 04:00 PM GMT] South Korean universities are apparently cracking down on research fraud following the admission by several high-profile Korean scientists (led by Woo Suk Hwang at Seoul National University) that they fabricated findings that they derived embryonic stem cells from cloned human embryos. According to The Korean Times, 96 public and private... Click to continue View comments (2) | Comment on this blog NewsBlog: New visa rules for postdocs? Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 5th September 2007 09:24 PM GMT] The National Postdoctoral Association is only four years old, but is already weighing in on serious issues in science. Last week, I received a white paper from the NPA suggesting the US make changes to visa requirements for foreign-born postdocs. The... Click to continue Comment on this blog

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