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Now, except in egregious cases, such legal challenges can only succeed if the missing information would have affected whether the patent was issued in the first place. 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To make that happen, last month Gallo launched the Global Virus Network (GVN), an international group of leading virologists and medical researchers tasked with providing scientific expertise to government agencies in the face of emerging infectious viral agents. “An independent voice of medical laboratory scientists would be a great addition to the surveillance world,” says Gallo, who co-discovered the HIV retrovirus in 1984 and is currently director of the  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/04/ _new_organization_pledges_sci.html#wpn-more-1242" class="more-link"> … Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-15884" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/04/new_organization_pledges_sci.html#respond" title="Comment on New organization pledges scientific expertise for viral outbreaks">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=1242">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-15884"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fnew_organization_pledges_sci.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=New+organization+pledges+scientific+expertise+for+viral+outbreaks+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fnew_organization_pledges_sci.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fnew_organization_pledges_sci.html&title=New+organization+pledges+scientific+expertise+for+viral+outbreaks">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fnew_organization_pledges_sci.html&title=New+organization+pledges+scientific+expertise+for+viral+outbreaks">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fnew_organization_pledges_sci.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fnew_organization_pledges_sci.html&title=New+organization+pledges+scientific+expertise+for+viral+outbreaks">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fnew_organization_pledges_sci.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fnew_organization_pledges_sci.html&title=New+organization+pledges+scientific+expertise+for+viral+outbreaks">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-15878" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-4 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-mpflumm wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-print cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2011-04-14T08:00:00+01:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2011-04-14">14 Apr 2011 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="08:00:00+0100"> 08:00 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/04/france_promotes_research_int.html'>France promotes research into rare diseases with new five-year plan</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/mpflumm/" title="Michelle Pflumm">Michelle Pflumm</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/print/" rel="tag">Print</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/04/france_promotes_research_int.html" title="France promotes research into rare diseases with new five-year plan"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/France.jpg" alt="France promotes research into rare diseases with new five-year plan" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>By Barbara Casassus PARIS — On 28 February, International Rare Disease Day, the French government finally unveiled a four-year plan to bolster research and treatment into this group of ailments, which include sickle anemia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The plan, which spans from this year to 2014, aims to improve the quality of care for people with rare diseases, bolster research and expand European and international cooperation in this area. It is a continuation of France’s first National Plan for Rare Diseases, which ran from 2005 to 2008 and was claimed to be a world first. (A second iteration of  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/04/ _france_promotes_research_int.html#wpn-more-1239" class="more-link"> … Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-15878" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/04/france_promotes_research_int.html#respond" title="Comment on France promotes research into rare diseases with new five-year plan">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=1239">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-15878"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Ffrance_promotes_research_int.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=France+promotes+research+into+rare+diseases+with+new+five-year+plan+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Ffrance_promotes_research_int.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Ffrance_promotes_research_int.html&title=France+promotes+research+into+rare+diseases+with+new+five-year+plan">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Ffrance_promotes_research_int.html&title=France+promotes+research+into+rare+diseases+with+new+five-year+plan">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Ffrance_promotes_research_int.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Ffrance_promotes_research_int.html&title=France+promotes+research+into+rare+diseases+with+new+five-year+plan">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Ffrance_promotes_research_int.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Ffrance_promotes_research_int.html&title=France+promotes+research+into+rare+diseases+with+new+five-year+plan">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-15874" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-5 wpn-odd wpn-author-mpflumm wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-print cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2011-04-13T08:00:07+01:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2011-04-13">13 Apr 2011 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="08:00:07+0100"> 08:00 BST</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/04/pooled_trials_drowning_in_co.html'>Pooled trials drowning in conflict-of-interest oversights</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/mpflumm/" title="Michelle Pflumm">Michelle Pflumm</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/print/" rel="tag">Print</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <p>By Nazlie Latefi Many influential meta-analyses of clinical trial data may be riddled with buried conflicts of interest. According to a report published last month, even when potential conflicts are disclosed in primary studies, they are almost never included in subsequent pooled analyses. The authors of the report say that more transparency is needed in meta-analyses because clinicians and medical organizations regularly rely on such reviews to inform their decisions. Clinical trial reporting guidelines have changed tremendously over the last decade, with strict protocols now in place for disclosing potential financial conflicts. Yet the same guidelines do not exist for  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/04/ _pooled_trials_drowning_in_co.html#wpn-more-1237" class="more-link"> … Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-15874" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/04/pooled_trials_drowning_in_co.html#respond" title="Comment on Pooled trials drowning in conflict-of-interest oversights">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=1237">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-15874"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fpooled_trials_drowning_in_co.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Pooled+trials+drowning+in+conflict-of-interest+oversights+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fpooled_trials_drowning_in_co.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fpooled_trials_drowning_in_co.html&title=Pooled+trials+drowning+in+conflict-of-interest+oversights">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fpooled_trials_drowning_in_co.html&title=Pooled+trials+drowning+in+conflict-of-interest+oversights">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fpooled_trials_drowning_in_co.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fpooled_trials_drowning_in_co.html&title=Pooled+trials+drowning+in+conflict-of-interest+oversights">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fpooled_trials_drowning_in_co.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F04%2Fpooled_trials_drowning_in_co.html&title=Pooled+trials+drowning+in+conflict-of-interest+oversights">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-15742" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-6 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-mpflumm wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-print cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2011-02-11T11:00:33+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2011-02-11">11 Feb 2011 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="11:00:33+0000"> 11:00 GMT</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/indian_officials_fret_about_fo.html'>Indian officials fret about foreign takeover of drug industry</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/mpflumm/" title="Michelle Pflumm">Michelle Pflumm</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/print/" rel="tag">Print</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/indian_officials_fret_about_fo.html" title="Indian officials fret about foreign takeover of drug industry"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/pills.jpg" alt="Indian officials fret about foreign takeover of drug industry" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>By T V Padma On the face of it, the takeover of six of Indian’s key drug firms by major foreign players in the past four years seems to be routine business. But people within the government and industry watchdogs in India have started to worry. In 2008, Japan’s Daiichi-Sankyo took control of India’s largest drugmaker, Ranbaxy Laboratories, located about 20 miles south of New Delhi. Other Indian firms that have met a similar fate include Dabur Pharma, Shantha Biotech, Piramal Healthcare, Matrix Laboratories and Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals. Local concern grows out of the fact that these companies are  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/indian_officials_fret_about_fo.html#wpn-more-1148" class="more-link"> … Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-15742" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/indian_officials_fret_about_fo.html#respond" title="Comment on Indian officials fret about foreign takeover of drug industry">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=1148">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-15742"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Findian_officials_fret_about_fo.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Indian+officials+fret+about+foreign+takeover+of+drug+industry+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Findian_officials_fret_about_fo.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Findian_officials_fret_about_fo.html&title=Indian+officials+fret+about+foreign+takeover+of+drug+industry">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Findian_officials_fret_about_fo.html&title=Indian+officials+fret+about+foreign+takeover+of+drug+industry">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Findian_officials_fret_about_fo.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Findian_officials_fret_about_fo.html&title=Indian+officials+fret+about+foreign+takeover+of+drug+industry">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Findian_officials_fret_about_fo.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Findian_officials_fret_about_fo.html&title=Indian+officials+fret+about+foreign+takeover+of+drug+industry">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-15731" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-7 wpn-odd wpn-author-mpflumm wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-print cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2011-02-10T11:00:30+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2011-02-10">10 Feb 2011 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="11:00:30+0000"> 11:00 GMT</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/qa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html'>Q&A: Exit interview with outgoing NIGMS director Jeremy Berg</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/mpflumm/" title="Michelle Pflumm">Michelle Pflumm</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/print/" rel="tag">Print</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/qa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html" title="Q&A: Exit interview with outgoing NIGMS director Jeremy Berg"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/Jeremy_M_Berg-250.jpg" alt="Q&A: Exit interview with outgoing NIGMS director Jeremy Berg" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>By Michelle Pflumm In December, Jeremy Berg announced plans to step down from the helm of the US National Institute of General and Medical Sciences (NIGMS), the $2 billion branch of the National Institutes of Health charged with funding basic research related to diverse biological processes and diseases. In his seven years as NIGMS director, Berg spearheaded the institute’s first formal strategic plan, led efforts to increase workforce diversity and kick-started an open conversation with the scientific community about funding and peer review. In recognition of his many accomplishments, last year Berg was elected to the US Institute of Medicine  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/ _qa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html#wpn-more-1142" class="more-link"> … Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-15731" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/qa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html#respond" title="Comment on Q&A: Exit interview with outgoing NIGMS director Jeremy Berg">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=1142">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-15731"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Fqa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Q%26A%3A+Exit+interview+with+outgoing+NIGMS+director+Jeremy+Berg+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Fqa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Fqa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html&title=Q%26A%3A+Exit+interview+with+outgoing+NIGMS+director+Jeremy+Berg">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Fqa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html&title=Q%26A%3A+Exit+interview+with+outgoing+NIGMS+director+Jeremy+Berg">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Fqa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Fqa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html&title=Q%26A%3A+Exit+interview+with+outgoing+NIGMS+director+Jeremy+Berg">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Fqa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Fqa_exit_interview_with_outgo.html&title=Q%26A%3A+Exit+interview+with+outgoing+NIGMS+director+Jeremy+Berg">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-15729" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-8 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-mpflumm wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-print cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2011-02-10T08:00:21+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2011-02-10">10 Feb 2011 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="08:00:21+0000"> 08:00 GMT</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/fda_transparency_initiative.html'>FDA transparency initiative moves ahead despite Sharstein’s departure</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/mpflumm/" title="Michelle Pflumm">Michelle Pflumm</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/print/" rel="tag">Print</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/fda_transparency_initiative.html" title="FDA transparency initiative moves ahead despite Sharstein’s departure"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/fda-logo_crop.jpg" alt="FDA transparency initiative moves ahead despite Sharstein’s departure" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>By Charlotte Shubert An initiative to increase transparency at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved forward on 6 January with the release of a report detailing steps the agency says it is undertaking to make its inner workings more evident to the drug industry. The report, FDA Transparency Initiative: Improving Transparency to Regulated Industry, includes 19 so-called ‘action items’ for implementation this year, ranging from posting presentations by agency employees online to responding faster to questions from industry. The document also lists five draft proposals—now up for public comment—to further improve transparency. 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The AMS was commissioned by the UK government in March 2010 to review the regulation of clinical and health research. The review, released on 10 January, recommends the establishment of an independent Health Research Agency (HRA) to simplify approval processes that currently differ across the UK. The authors also recommend the establishment of a National Research Governance Service within the HRA to accelerate approval of  <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/ _report_calls_for_overhaul_of.html#wpn-more-1139" class="more-link"> … Read more</a></p> </div> <div class="wpn-entry-meta"> <aside> <div class="article-tools cleared"> <h2 class="hidden">Article tools</h2> <ul id="wpn-share-post-15725" class="wpn-entry-user-actions"> <li class="wpn-entry-comment-link"><a class="comments-link" href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/report_calls_for_overhaul_of.html#respond" title="Comment on Report calls for overhaul of UK’s clinical and health research">add a comment</a></li> <li class="sendtofriend"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/tell-a-friend?id=1139">Email</a></li> <li class="wpn-share-bookmark"> <h3 class="toggle-bookmarking-links">Share/bookmark</h3> <div id="bookmarking-links" class="bookmarking-popup"> <ul class="bookmarking" id="wpn-share-post-15725"> <li class="facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Freport_calls_for_overhaul_of.html">Facebook</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/?status=Report+calls+for+overhaul+of+UK%E2%80%99s+clinical+and+health+research+https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Freport_calls_for_overhaul_of.html">Twitter</a></li> <li class="delicious"><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Freport_calls_for_overhaul_of.html&title=Report+calls+for+overhaul+of+UK%E2%80%99s+clinical+and+health+research">Delicious</a></li> <li class="digg"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Freport_calls_for_overhaul_of.html&title=Report+calls+for+overhaul+of+UK%E2%80%99s+clinical+and+health+research">Digg</a></li> <li class="googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Freport_calls_for_overhaul_of.html">Google+</a></li> <li class="linkedin"><a href="http://linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Freport_calls_for_overhaul_of.html&title=Report+calls+for+overhaul+of+UK%E2%80%99s+clinical+and+health+research">LinkedIn</a></li> <li class="reddit"><a href="http://reddit.com/s/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Freport_calls_for_overhaul_of.html">Reddit</a></li> <li class="stumbleupon"><a href="http://stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.nature.com%2Fspoonful%2F2011%2F02%2Freport_calls_for_overhaul_of.html&title=Report+calls+for+overhaul+of+UK%E2%80%99s+clinical+and+health+research">StumbleUpon</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div id="wpn-post-15714" class="hentry wpn-post wpn-publish wpn-post-10 wpn-even wpn-alt wpn-author-mpflumm wpn-has-excerpt wpn-category-print cleared"> <p class="wpn-dateline"><time datetime="2011-02-08T08:00:00+00:00" pubdate><span class="published"><abbr class="value" title="2011-02-08">08 Feb 2011 </abbr>|<abbr class="value" title="08:00:00+0000"> 08:00 GMT</abbr></span></time></p><h2 class='wpn-post-title entry-title article-heading secondary-heading'><a href='https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/substance_abuse_vaccines_mov.html'>Substance abuse vaccines move forward against a range of addictions</a></h2> <p class="wpn-byline">Posted by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/author/mpflumm/" title="Michelle Pflumm">Michelle Pflumm</a></span><span class="divider"> | </span><span class="category"><span class="before">Categories: </span><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/print/" rel="tag">Print</a></span></p> <div class="wpn-entry-summary"> <a href="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2011/02/substance_abuse_vaccines_mov.html" title="Substance abuse vaccines move forward against a range of addictions"><img src="https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/https://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/files/MichaelVelardo_heroin_crop.jpg" alt="Substance abuse vaccines move forward against a range of addictions" class="thumbnail " width="150" /></a><p>By Kelly Rae Chi Illicit drug use has reached a near-decade high in the US, so it’s perhaps not surprising that public health officials harbor strong hopes for vaccines to treat various addictions. But whereas some experimental vaccines of this sort have shown promise in animal studies and early clinical trials, it seems that some of these shots against addiction—such as immunizations against nicotine—are better positioned to reach the market than others. (Click here to continue reading.) 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href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/animal-behavior-society/" >Animal Behavior Society</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-592"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/animal-experiments/" >Animal experiments</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1146"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/anna-barnett/" >Anna Barnett</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-40"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/anne-pichon/" >Anne Pichon</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-807"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/antarctic-field-research-2010/" >Antarctic field research 2010</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5433"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/anthropolgy/" >Anthropolgy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4539"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/anthropology/" >Anthropology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5967"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/apiculture/" >Apiculture</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6475"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/arboriculture/" >Arboriculture</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2472"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/archaeology/" >Archaeology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1118"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/archaeology-and-anthropology/" >Archaeology and anthropology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2384"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/art-of-science/" >Art of Science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6011"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/artificial-intelligence/" >Artificial intelligence</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5461"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/arts/" >Arts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2361"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ask-the-expert/" >Ask the expert</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3761"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/astronomy-astrophysics/" >Astronomy & astrophysics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1256"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/astrophysics/" >Astrophysics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-512"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/author-benefits/" >Author benefits</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-500"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/author-services/" >Author services</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-513"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/author-services-feedback/" >Author Services Feedback</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5687"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/authors-corner/" >Author's Corner</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-506"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/authorship/" >Authorship</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-16"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/award/" >Award</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-523"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/awards/" >Awards</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3050"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/awards-and-prizes/" >Awards and prizes</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2353"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/away-from-home/" >Away from home</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-808"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/barcelona-climate-change-conference/" >Barcelona climate change conference</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-8226085"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/behind-the-paper/" >Behind the paper</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6149"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/bio-imaging/" >Bio-imaging</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-497"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/bioinformatics/" >Bioinformatics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/biological_approaches/" >Biological_approaches</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-328"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/biology-biotechnology/" >Biology & Biotechnology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-25"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/biology-and-biotechnology/" >Biology and biotechnology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2538"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/biophysics/" >Biophysics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-549"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/biosecurity/" >Biosecurity</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1115"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/biotechnology/" >Biotechnology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-239"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blog-2/" >Blog</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-999"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blog-information/" >Blog Information</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1157"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blogging/" >Blogging</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blogroll/" >Blogroll</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-486"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/blogs-we-like/" >Blogroll</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-66"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/books/" >books</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-337"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/books-arts/" >Books & Arts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-934"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/boston-astronomy/" >Boston Astronomy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-973"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/boston-biotech/" >Boston biotech</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-933"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/boston-research/" >Boston Research</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-922"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/boston-science/" >Boston science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1029"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/breaking-news/" >Breaking News</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-14902807"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/browser-tabs/" >Browser tabs</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-454"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/burgess-shale-centenary/" >Burgess Shale Centenary</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-207"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/business-2/" >Business</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-407"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/business-development/" >Business development</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-218763"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/calls-for-submissions/" >Calls for Submissions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-813"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/canadian-icebreaker/" >Canadian icebreaker</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1110"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cancer-biology/" >Cancer biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1152"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/carbon-markets/" >Carbon markets</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2830"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/career-paths/" >Career paths</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-505"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/careers/" >Careers</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3451"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/careers-articles/" >Careers articles</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6761723"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cartography/" >Cartography</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-674"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/categories/" >Categories</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-12069269"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/celebrating-the-day-of-light/" >Celebrating the Day of Light</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-423"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cell-and-molecular-biology/" >Cell and molecular biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2522"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cell-biology/" >Cell Biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-90"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/chemistry-2/" >Chemistry</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-18"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/chemistry/" >Chemistry</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6486427"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/chemistry-in-retrospect/" >Chemistry in retrospect</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-520"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/citation-analysis/" >Citation analysis</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1156"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/climate-change/" >Climate Change</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-391"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/climate-policy/" >Climate Policy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1147"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/climate-prediction/" >Climate prediction</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-151"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/collaboration-2/" >Collaboration</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-135"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/communication-2/" >Communication</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-17"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/communities-happenings/" >Communities Happenings</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/community/" >Community</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-571"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/competing-interests/" >Competing interests</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6331"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/competition-2/" >Competition</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-908"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computational/" >Computational</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-51"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computational-approaches/" >Computational approaches</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-7"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computational_approaches/" >Computational_approaches</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6089"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/computer-science/" >Computer science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3769"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conference-highlights/" >Conference Highlights</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-13"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conference-reports/" >Conference reports</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-510"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conferences/" >Conferences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5547"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/conservation-science/" >Conservation science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2382"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cop18/" >COP18</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-16998238"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/covid19/" >COVID19</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-390"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cryosphere/" >Cryosphere</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1301"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/cv/" >CV</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1163"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/daily-dose/" >Daily Dose</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-514"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-availability/" >Data availability</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-9"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-integration/" >Data integration</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4147"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-matters/" >Data Matters</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3302233"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/data-policy/" >Data policy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1623389"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/datareuse/" >Data Reuse</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5054529"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/design/" >Design</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-836"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/development/" >Development</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1984"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/diabetes-and-metabolism/" >Diabetes and metabolism</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3325"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/digital-science-2/" >Digital Science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-502"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/disciplines/" >Disciplines</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2809"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/diversity-2/" >Diversity</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2667"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/drug-discovery/" >Drug discovery</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-353"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/drugs-drugs-and-more-drugs/" >Drugs, drugs and more drugs</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-365"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/durban-climate-summit/" >Durban climate summit</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1111"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/earth-and-environment/" >Earth and environment</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-827"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/earth-system-science-partnership/" >Earth System Science Partnership</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-113"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/earth-environment-ecology/" >Earth, environment & ecology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3973"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ebola/" >Ebola</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-811"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ecological-society-of-america/" >Ecological Society of America</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1112"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ecology/" >Ecology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2659539"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ecology-and-evolution/" >Ecology and Evolution</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2665"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/editor-posts-2/" >Editor Posts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-39"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/editorials/" >Editorials</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-411"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/education/" >Education</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2408789"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/elisa-de-ranieri/" >Elisa De Ranieri</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-339"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/energy/" >Energy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6389"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/entomology/" >Entomology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-405"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/entrepreneurship/" >Entrepreneurship</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-354"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/environment/" >Environment</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-7220771"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/environmental-sciences/" >Environmental sciences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-318"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ethical-social/" >Ethical / Social</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-435"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ethics/" >Ethics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-96"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/europe/" >Europe</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-817"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/european-society-of-human-reproduction-embryology/" >European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-830"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/euroscience-open-forum/" >Euroscience Open Forum</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-41"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/events/" >Events</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-818"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/everest-expedition/" >Everest expedition</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-499"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/evolution/" >Evolution</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1113"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/evolution-and-paleontology/" >Evolution and paleontology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-71"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/expeditions/" >Expeditions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2044"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/faculty-2/" >Faculty</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1075"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/featured/" >Featured</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-596"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/feedback/" >Feedback</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3417"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/film/" >Film</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2857"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/films-2/" >Films</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-396"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/finance/" >Finance</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-340"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/financial-crisis/" >Financial Crisis</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6713"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/first-rounders/" >First Rounders</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-792"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/five-day-filter/" >Five Day Filter</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-932"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/food-science/" >food science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-524"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/format/" >Format</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-48"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/forum/" >Forum</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-332"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/fukushima/" >Fukushima</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-114"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/funding-2/" >Funding</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-131"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/funding/" >funding</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-37"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gavin-armstrong/" >Gavin Armstrong</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-918"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gene-expression/" >Gene expression</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4770911"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gene-function/" >Gene function</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4205"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/gene-regulation/" >Gene regulation</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-450"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/general/" >General</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-109"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/general-interest/" >General interest</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4337"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/genetic-association/" >Genetic association</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-26"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/genetics/" >Genetics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2525"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/geneticsgenomics/" >Genetics & Genomics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-10"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/genome-wide/" >Genome-wide</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-810"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/geological-society-of-america/" >Geological Society of America</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1852"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/geoscience/" >Geoscience</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3531877"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/giulia-pacchioni/" >Giulia Pacchioni</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6916603"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/global-issues/" >Global issues</a></li><li 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>Health and medicine</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-307"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/hints-and-wrinkles/" >Hints and Wrinkles</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3873"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/history-of-genetics/" >History of genetics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-67"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/history-of-science/" >History of science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-954"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/hivaids/" >HIV/AIDS</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1636273"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/how-to-answer/" >How to answer</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1034"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/i-han-chou/" >I-han Chou</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-424"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/immunology/" >Immunology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2232"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/import/" >Import</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1192"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/in-the-field/" >In the Field</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1150"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/in-the-news/" >In the News</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1038"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/in-your-element/" >In your element</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-119"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/industry-2/" >Industry</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2374"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/infectious-diseases/" >Infectious diseases</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2769"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/institutions/" >Institutions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-10842855"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/interactions/" >Interactions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6525"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/interdisciplinarity/" >Interdisciplinarity</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-465"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-aids-conference/" >International AIDS conference</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-828"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-astronomical-union/" >International Astronomical Union</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1096"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-relations/" >International Relations</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-459"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/international-society-for-stem-cell-research/" >International Society for Stem Cell Research</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2419"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/internship/" >Internship</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-762"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ip-tech-transfer/" >IP/ Tech Transfer</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-904"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/journal-happenings/" >Journal happenings</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-34"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/journal-journeys/" >Journal journeys</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-905"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/journal-policy/" >Journal policy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-62"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lab-life/" >Lab life</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-17296793"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lab-story/" >Lab story</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-469"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lepton-photon/" >Lepton Photon</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-9462111"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/libraries/" >Libraries</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2504255"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/liesbeth-venema/" >Liesbeth Venema</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3381875"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lindau-lessons/" >Lindau lessons</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-53"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lindau-nobel-laureate-meetings-lnlm/" >Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings (lnlm)</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4897"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/linkage/" >Linkage</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1851"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/local-news/" >Local news</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2617289"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/luigi-martiradonna/" >Luigi Martiradonna</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-466"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/lunar-and-planetary-science/" >Lunar and Planetary Science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-350"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/malaria/" >Malaria</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5855"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/marine-science/" >Marine science</a></li><li 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>Meetings</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2068"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mentoring/" >Mentoring</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-439"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mentoring-and-training/" >Mentoring and training</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-662003"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/metadata/" >Metadata</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-917"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/metagenomics/" >Metagenomics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2459"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/method-of-the-year/" >Method of the year</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1114"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/microbiology/" >Microbiology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2526"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/microscopyimaging/" >Microscopy & Imaging</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5481"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/military-science/" >Military science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1043"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/misconduct/" >Misconduct</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-24"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mit/" >MIT</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1151"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mitigation/" >Mitigation</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-115"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/mobility-2/" >Mobility</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2523"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/model-organisms/" >Model Organisms</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/modeling/" >Modeling</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5695"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/molecular-gastronomy/" >Molecular gastronomy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-969"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/monthly-map/" >Monthly Map</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2288"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/move/" >Move</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-491"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/msb_updates/" >MSB updates</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1608"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/multi-scale/" >Multi-scale</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3267"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/multimedia/" >Multimedia</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-15671667"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/my-science-failures/" >My science failures</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6221"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nano-engineering/" >Nano-engineering</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1068"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nanotechnology/" >Nanotechnology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-470"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nasa-phoenix-landing/" >NASA Phoenix Landing</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-837"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nascent/" >Nascent</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-338"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/natural-disasters/" >Natural disasters</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5557251"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/natural-history/" >Natural history</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3257"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-covers/" >Nature Covers</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6887463"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-genetics-anniversary/" >Nature Genetics Anniversary</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6663"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-genetics-covers/" >Nature Genetics covers</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4027"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-genetics-standards/" >Nature Genetics standards</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3271"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-graphics/" >Nature Graphics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3014885"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-india-annual-volume/" >Nature India Annual Volume</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-15581046"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-india-essay-competition/" >Nature India Essay Competition</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4759"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-india-photo-contest/" >Nature India photo contest</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6310361"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-india-photo-story/" >Nature India Photo Story</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6409"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-india-special-issue/" >Nature India Special Issue</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-110"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-methods-papers/" >Nature Methods papers</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5617"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-nanotechnology/" >Nature Nanotechnology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-544"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-network-round-up/" >Nature Network round-up</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2876355"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-research/" >Nature Research</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-551"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-com-blogs/" >nature.com blogs</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-903"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nature-com-blogs-info/" >nature.com blogs info</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-35"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/nchem-research-highlights/" >NChem research highlights</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-36"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neil-withers/" >Neil Withers</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-11"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/networks/" >Networks</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-909"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neuroscience/" >Neuroscience</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-355"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neurosciencemental-health/" >Neuroscience/mental health</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1035"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/new-in-nature/" >New in Nature</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-68"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/new-tools-and-techniques/" >New tools and techniques</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-300"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/news/" >news</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4045"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/news-and-events/" >News and Events</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-308"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/news-and-updates/" >News and Updates</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5615"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/njce15/" >NJCE15</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-816847"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/njcedusseldorf/" >NJCEDusseldorf</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1030"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/noah-gray/" >Noah Gray</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-508"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/npg-special-content/" >NPG special content</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2847"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/obituary/" >Obituary</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-351"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/odds-and-ends/" >Odds and ends</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-341"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/oil-spill-science/" >Oil spill science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1912"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/olive-heffernan/" >Olive Heffernan</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1153"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/oliver-morton/" >Oliver Morton</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-342"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/on-nature-news/" >On Nature News</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-10871021"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/on-the-road/" >On the road</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6681"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/open-access-2/" >Open access</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-9524167"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/open-acess/" >Open acess</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-444"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/open-peer-review/" >Open peer review</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6661"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/ornithology/" >Ornithology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-28"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/other-authors/" >Other authors</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-30"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/other-columns/" >Other columns</a></li><li 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>Physics & Mathematics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-13616183"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/physics-at-the-interface/" >Physics at the interface</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1107"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/physiology/" >Physiology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3467"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/picks-of-the-week/" >Picks of the week</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4739"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/planetary-science/" >Planetary science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6099"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/planetary-sciences/" >Planetary sciences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1119"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/plant-biology/" >Plant biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5465"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/plant-sciences/" >Plant sciences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1890"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/podcasts/" >Podcasts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-522"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/policies/" >Policies</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-690"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/policies-feedback/" >Policies Feedback</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-47"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/policy/" >Policy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-433"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/policy-and-public/" >Policy and Public</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-392"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/politics/" >Politics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2752"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/pollution/" >Pollution</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-144"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/postdoc-2/" >Postdoc</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-145"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/postgraduate-2/" >Postgraduate</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-812"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/poznan-climate-change-conference/" >Poznan climate-change conference</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-539"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/pre-publicity/" >Pre-publicity</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2692"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/press-release/" >Press Release</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1162 current-cat"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/print/" >Print</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-906"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/proteomics/" >Proteomics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-303"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/protocols-methods-recipes-cookery-2/" >Protocols methods recipes cookery</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-516"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/public-and-media/" >Public and media</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-501"><a 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href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/roundup/" >Roundup</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1507"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/royal-institution/" >Royal Institution</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-907"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/schedules/" >Schedules</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6063"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/scholarly-impact/" >Scholarly impact</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-13188201"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/sciart-scribbles/" >SciArt scribbles</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-418"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science/" >Science</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3065"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-administration/" >Science administration</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-74"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-around-the-world/" >Science around the world</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-45"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-calendars/" >Science calendars</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-20"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-communication/" >Science Communication</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-58"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-communication-and-outreach/" >Science communication and outreach</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-61"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-education/" >Science education</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-924"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-events/" >science events</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-52"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-festivals/" >Science festivals</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-64"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-film/" >Science film</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-823"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-journalism/" >Science Journalism</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-56"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-maps/" >Science maps</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-936"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-news/" >science news</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1727"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-online-bay-area-soba/" >Science Online Bay Area (SoBA)</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-54"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-online-london-solo/" >Science Online London (SoLo)</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2231"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-online-nyc/" >Science Online NYC</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-42"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-online-nyc-sonyc/" >Science Online NYC (SoNYC)</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1540"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-online-seattle-sosea/" >Science Online Seattle (SoSEA)</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1579"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-online-vancouver-sovan/" >Science Online Vancouver (SoVan)</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-70"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/science-organisations/" >Science organisations</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2086"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/sciences/" >Sciences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3315"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/scientific-american-2/" >Scientific American</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-362"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/scientific-publishing/" >Scientific publishing</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5555987"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/scientific-reports/" >Scientific Reports</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-5417"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/scientists-on-the-move/" >Scientists on the move</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-912"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/sequencing/" >Sequencing</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-3035"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/sfn-meeting/" >SfN Meeting</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-8212377"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/silvia-milana/" >Silvia Milana</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-913"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/single-molecule/" >Single molecule</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2840"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/site-updates/" >Site Updates</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-975"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/soapbox-science-info/" >Soapbox Science Info</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2271"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/social-media-2/" >Social media</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6527"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/social-sciences/" >Social sciences</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-835"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/social-software/" >Social software</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1926273"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/society/" >Society</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-814"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/society-for-american-archaeology/" >Society for American Archaeology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-458"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/society-for-developmental-biology/" >Society for Developmental Biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-809"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/society-for-neuroscience/" >Society for Neuroscience</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-460"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/society-for-the-study-of-reproduction/" >Society for the Study of Reproduction</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-876"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/sonyc/" >SoNYC</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-108"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/space/" >Space</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-331"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/space-and-astronomy/" >Space and astronomy</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-315"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/spotlights/" >Spotlights</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-4317543"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/springer-nature/" >Springer Nature</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6903485"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/springermaterials/" >SpringerMaterials</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-473"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/starting-the-lhc/" >Starting the LHC</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-257"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/stem/" >STEM</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-313"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/stem-cells/" >stem cells</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-358"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/stem-cellscloning/" >Stem cells/cloning</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-38"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/stephen-davey/" >Stephen Davey</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1951519"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/structural-biology/" >Structural Biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-916"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/structural-genomics/" >Structural Genomics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-29"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/stuart-cantrill/" >Stuart Cantrill</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-504"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/support/" >Support</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-336"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/swine-flu/" >Swine flu</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-490"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/synthetic/" >Synthetic</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-463"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/synthetic-biology/" >Synthetic Biology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-427"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/systems/" >Systems</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1084"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/systems-medicine/" >Systems Medicine</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-436"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/technical-solutions/" >Technical solutions</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-107"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/technology/" >Technology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-208"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/technology-2/" >Technology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-335"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/neat-technologies/" >Technology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-164"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/tenure-2/" >Tenure</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1053"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/the-news-net/" >The News Net</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-316"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/there-and-back-again/" >There and Back Again</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-111"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/this-and-that/" >This and That</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1754"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/tools-and-techniques/" >Tools and Techniques</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-493"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/transcriptomics/" >Transcriptomics</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-359"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/tuberculosis/" >Tuberculosis</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-92"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/uk/" >UK</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/uncategorized/" >Uncategorized</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-137"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/undergraduate-2/" >Undergraduate</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-264"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/unemployment/" >Unemployment</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-223"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/union-2/" >Union</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-93"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/us/" >US</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2149"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/video/" >Video</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-55"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/video-and-podcasts/" >video and podcasts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2373"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/virology/" >Virology</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2844"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/visualization-2/" >Visualization</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1913"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/wcc-3/" >WCC-3</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-6517"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/webcast/" >Webcast</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-2430"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/webcasts/" >Webcasts</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-43"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/weekly-round-up/" >Weekly round-up</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1967"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/weekly-update/" >Weekly Update</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-863"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/whats-new-in-nn/" >What's New in Nature Neuroscience</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-1079"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/wildlife/" >Wildlife</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-419"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/wisdom/" >Wisdom</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-357"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/womens-world/" >Women's world</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-455"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/world-conference-of-science-journalists/" >World Conference of Science Journalists</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-484"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/world-science-festival/" >World Science Festival</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-352"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/world-watch/" >World watch</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-507"><a href="https://blogs.nature.com/blog/category/writing/" >Writing</a></li></ul></div><div id="wpn-npg-natureblogs-links-widget-8" class="wpn-widget wpn-npg-natureblogs-links-widget wpn-"><h2 class="box-heading">All nature.com blogs</h2>