Behavioral Economic Laboratory Research in Tobacco Regulatory Science

Promoting behavioral science research in diabetes.

The Path to Clinical Proteomics Research: Integration of Proteomics, Genomics, Clinical Laboratory and Regulatory Science

Better biomarkers are urgently needed to cancer detection, diagnosis, and prognosis. While the genomics community is making significant advances in understanding the molecular basis of disease, proteomics will delineate the functional units of a cell, proteins and their intricate interaction network and signaling pathways for the underlying disease. Great progress has been made to characterize ...

Animals in the research laboratory: science or pseudoscience?

What distinguishes science from pseudoscience? Is the demarcation linked to the application of the laws of probability? Is it possible to derive any valid law of nature from a finite number of facts? Answers to such questions, and, thus, a construction of a line of demarcation between science and pseudoscience are problems of vital social and political importance. This issue is especially relev...

Research in clinical laboratory science: professionals' educational preparation.

OBJECTIVE To describe the educational preparation of CLS professionals for conducting research. DESIGN A link to 3-part online survey was sent by electronic mail to 7,572 members of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science and 500 program directors research project. Barriers to participation in research by undergraduates include time limitations within the curriculum, insufficient...

The FDA "Deeming Rule" and Tobacco Regulatory Research.

In May 2016, the Food and Drug Administration extended its tobacco regulatory authorities to other products meeting the definition of a tobacco product (Deeming Rule). This authority now includes, but is not limited to, electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), such as electronic cigarettes, as well as all cigars, pipes, and hookahs (waterpipes). The FDA's Center for Tobacco Products has bee...