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      Committee to Study Decision Making,Division of Health Sciences Policy,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores how society decides what to do when discoveries such as RU-486 raise complex and emotional policy issues. Six case studies with commentary offer a look at the interplay of…

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      Genomic Epidemiology Data Infrastructure Needs for SARS-CoV-2: Modernizing Pandemic Response Strategies

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Sciences Policy

      In December 2019, new cases of severe pneumonia were first detected in Wuhan, China, and the cause was determined to be a novel beta coronavirus related to the severe acute…

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      Monitoring and Sampling Approaches to Assess Underground Coal Mine Dust Exposures

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

      Coal remains one of the principal sources of energy for the United States, and the nation has been a world leader in coal production for more than 100 years. According…

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      Amendments to the National Academies’ Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

      Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee’s set of amendments to the Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research . This report clarifies earlier recommendations and conclusions, including…

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      Amendments to the National Academies’ Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

      Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,National Academies

      In 2005, the National Academies released the report Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research . In order to keep the guidelines up to date, the Human Embryonic Stem Cell…

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      Final Report of the National Academies’ Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee and 2010 Amendments to the National Academies’ Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

      Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee,National Research Council

      In 2005, the National Academies released the book, Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which offered a common set of ethical standards for a field that, due to the…

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      Companion Animals as Sentinels for Predicting Environmental Exposure Effects on Aging and Cancer Susceptibility in Humans: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Standing Committee on the Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Health Care Services

      To examine the potential role of companion animals as sentinels of relevant, shared environmental exposures that may affect human aging and cancer, the National Cancer Policy Forum held a workshop…

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      Reopening Public Facilities After a Biological Attack: A Decision-Making Framework

      Committee on Standards and Policies for Decontaminating Public Facilities Affected by Exposure to Harmful Biological Agents: How Clean is Safe?,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The anthrax attacks in fall 2001 spurred an extensive and costly decontamination effort where many decisions had to be made about which sites required cleanup, what method to use, how…

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      Review of the U.S. Climate Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2, Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating, and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making

      Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      This report reviews the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s new draft assessment product on characterizing and communicating uncertainty information for climate change decision making, one of 21 climate change assessment…

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      Improving Data to Analyze Food and Nutrition Policies

      Panel on Enhancing the Data Infrastructure in Support of Food and Nutrition Programs, Research, and Decision Making,Committee on National Statistics,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Improving Data to Analyze Food and Nutrition Policies (2005)

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      Life-Cycle Decisions for Biomedical Data: The Challenge of Forecasting Costs

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Research Data and Information

      Biomedical research results in the collection and storage of increasingly large and complex data sets. Preserving those data so that they are discoverable, accessible, and interpretable accelerates scientific discovery and…

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