Carolyn Riley Chapman
@carolynrchapman.bsky.social
Lead Investigator, BWH, faculty, HMS. Work at the MRCT Center of BWH and Harvard on research ethics/policy for pharmaceutical R&D and genetic technologies. Posts here my own. ‘Birds launched’ phase starts in 2025 w/my husband of 30 yrs. W/ the resistance.
Future of biotech report www.biotech.senate.gov
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The NSCEB advises Congress and policymakers at the intersection of emerging biotechnology and national security.
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April 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Future of biotech report www.biotech.senate.gov
F.D.A. Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/h...
FDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
F.D.A. Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/h...
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
Wish this was a joke. www.barrons.com/articles/fda...
FDA Is ‘Finished’ Amid HHS Firings. Drug Stocks are Dropping
As layoffs begin at HHS, a former FDA commissioner says, “The FDA as we’ve known it is finished.”
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April 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Wish this was a joke. www.barrons.com/articles/fda...
Turns out April Fool’s day is tomorrow this year apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has dubbed April 2 'Liberation Day' for his tariffs. Here's what to expect
As the trade wars launched by U.S. President Donald Trump continue to escalate, all eyes are on Wednesday.
apnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Turns out April Fool’s day is tomorrow this year apnews.com/article/trum...
NHGRI without leadership www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/t...
Vence Bonham, acting chief of National Human Genome Research Institute, 'unexpectedly' put on leave
Vence Bonham, who became acting director of the National Human Genome Research Institute less than two weeks ago, is "unexpectedly" placed on leave.
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April 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NHGRI without leadership www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/t...
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Peter Marks is out at FDA's CBER. Yet another ominous but unsurprising development. The "choice to resign or be fired" isn't much of a choice. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... By @ddiamond.bsky.social
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
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March 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Peter Marks is out at FDA's CBER. Yet another ominous but unsurprising development. The "choice to resign or be fired" isn't much of a choice. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... By @ddiamond.bsky.social
This is nuts. You know its bad if PM resigns. www.wsj.com/politics/top...
Exclusive | Top Vaccine Official Out at FDA
In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks cited ‘misinformation and lies’ from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This is nuts. You know its bad if PM resigns. www.wsj.com/politics/top...
Leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern Studies Center Will Leave www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern Studies Center Will Leave
Harvard University has been under pressure by the Trump administration to follow directives related to diversity and combating antisemitism.
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March 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern Studies Center Will Leave www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
A bit of a chicken and egg story, no pun intended. Can’t really do research, but not safe enough because we don’t have good-enough tech. Will other countries be more permissive? www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/h...
At meeting on guardrails for gene editing of human embryos, some call for a dead end
At meeting on human embryo editing, CRISPR pioneer says science is a long way from knowing if germline DNA can be safely altered.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A bit of a chicken and egg story, no pun intended. Can’t really do research, but not safe enough because we don’t have good-enough tech. Will other countries be more permissive? www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/h...
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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
Hmm… giving up stufy sections and centralizing NIH grant review? Has anyone heard about this in the media? Thoughts? www.nih.gov/news-events/...
NIH centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen integrity
The proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually.
www.nih.gov
March 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Hmm… giving up stufy sections and centralizing NIH grant review? Has anyone heard about this in the media? Thoughts? www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Wealth over wisdom www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...?
‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the Crown Jewel of American Science
Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by President Trump’s policies.
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March 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Wealth over wisdom www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...?
Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life.
Scientists are using machine learning to find new treatments among thousands of old medicines.
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March 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
Fearing Trump, Hospital Shuns ‘Trigger’ Words Like ‘Diverse’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/n...
Fearing Trump, NYU Langone Shuns ‘Trigger’ Words Like ‘Diverse’
Lawyers at NYU Langone Health have identified terms to avoid or scrutinize as the medical center navigates Trump administration executive orders aimed at D.E.I. programs.
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March 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Fearing Trump, Hospital Shuns ‘Trigger’ Words Like ‘Diverse’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/n...