Last night, Obama and McCain confronted each other in the final Presidential debate. A flagging economy and two wars have left little room in the two campaigns for discussion of science, policy, and human research. Yet last night’s debate touched on two themes: embryonic stem cell (hES) research, and biomedical research funding. Obama accused McCain… Continue reading From Bench to Ringside: The Presidential Debate
Tag: translational research
The Long and Winding Road(map)
The research team led by John Ioannidis has, for my (evaporating) money, done some of the most interesting work looking at the “epidemiology” of translational research: how often are high profile genetic linkage studies refuted? (answer: usually); to what degree are translational studies biased? (answer: a lot); how often are major scientific findings translated into… Continue reading The Long and Winding Road(map)