As new media proliferate and the public's trust and engagement in science are influenced by
industry involvement in academic research, an interdisciplinary workshop provides some …

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One of the defining characteristics of this pandemic has been the spread of misinformation.
Indeed, the World Health Organization famously called the crisis not just a pandemic, but …

COVID science is being both done and circulated at a furious pace. While it is inspiring to
see the research community responding so vigorously to the pandemic crisis, all this activity …

Background: The public gets most of its information about genetic research from the media.
It has been suggested that media representations may involve exaggeration, called “…

Despite the immature state of stem cell medicine, patients are seeking and accessing putative
stem cell therapies in an "early market" in which direct-to-consumer advertising via the …

Background Genetic databases are becoming increasingly common as a means of
determining the relationship between lifestyle, environmental exposures and genetic diseases. …

“Soccer is the sport of the future in America … and it always will be.” This oft-quoted epithet
poking fun at the promise of the “beautiful game” in the United States can seem …

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has attracted a great amount of attention from
policy makers, the scientific community, professional groups, and the media. Although it is …

The recent completion of the first two individual whole-genome sequences is a research
milestone. As personal genome research advances, investigators and international research …