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The task force ultimately came to a consensus to prohibit paying women who donate eggs, but allow reimbursement for travel or other directly related expenses such as lost wages. (Incidentally, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, which last month became the first U.S. academic facility to begin recruiting women to donate...
For the most part, the ISSCR's draft follows guidelines released by the National Academy of Sciences in the US, with a few notable exceptions. The NAS recommended that each institute establish its own Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee, while ISSCR is suggesting a broader approach, allowing for this review...
Today's announcement was not unexpected–a number of news sources have reported in recent weeks that the nascent Ellison Institute for World Health at Harvard recently laid off three managers.
The managers had previously been hired to guide the growth of the planned institute, which was eventually expected to employ more than 100, and their firing caused rampant speculation that the money would never make it into Harvard's coffers.
But a growing number of academics and diplomats worry that increasing tensions caused by Japan's intransigence on the issue could make it more difficult for China, South Korea and Japan to focus and cooperate on North Korea's nuclear program. Some have even suggested that the U.S. attempt to...