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...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 to occur at the institute, national or international level. Most importantly, the ISSCR will provide researchers with template documents that cover critical safety and ethical issues such as informed consent that review boards need to consider in trials involving the use of human embryonic stem cells - and even the transport of these...
...binding these guidelines will be, once they are passed, remains to be seen. Neither NAS nor ISSCR has any enforcement authority, but ISSCR hopes that by taking a leading role, it will promote other groups - and perhaps even governments - to join them and streamline the guidelines to ensure that human embryonic stem cell research is conducted in a safe and ethical way. "The fact that ISSCR now has a draft means that the international research community now has a common language," says Jan Helge Solbakk, a task force member from the University of Bergen in Norway. "When we have...
...National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced Tuesday that it has inducted six Harvard professors into its ranks in recognition of their accomplishments in original research. The academy tapped Castaneda Professor of Cardiovascular Research David Clapham, Cowles Professor of Anthropology Peter T. Ellison, Lee Professor of Economics Claudia Goldin, Professor of Chemistry and Physics Eric J. Heller, Professor of Geochemistry Charles H. Langmuir, and Ford Professor of the Social Sciences Robert J. Sampson among its 72 newest members. Sampson said yesterday that the news came as a shock. “My first reaction was surprise as I had no idea...
...Beastie Boys and Eminem is featured in a lecture on “whiteness” in the genre. This atomistic treatment does a disservice to rap elders like the white MC Serch of old-school group 3rd Bass—who helped break the careers of Nas and MF Doom (both black)—and to the multiracial breakdancing crews seen in 1982’s “Wild Style.” Neither example conforms to the neat classification of rap as a purely “black” form.Still, to deny the tumultuous interplay...
It’s a common enough story in the music world: an aging artist loudly insults the current style, sending waves through the whole scene. But this time, the feuding parties aren’t Nas and Benzino.Barry Burns, the guitarist for Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, called recent BRIT Award winners James Blunt and Coldplay’s Chris Martin a “twat” and a “fuckface,” respectively. MCs have been capped for much less.But given all the news coverage and corresponding hype—and increased record sales?...