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Upper Class People More Likely to Behave Unethically
March 7, 2012 — New studies reveal something the well off may not want to hear. Individuals who are relatively high in social class are more likely to engage in a variety of unethical ... > full story -
Stem Cell Treatments Improve Heart Function After Heart Attack
February 14, 2012 — Stem cell therapy moderately improves heart function after a heart attack, according to a systematic review. But the researchers behind the review say larger clinical trials are needed to establish ... > full story -
Cognitive Stimulation Beneficial in Dementia
February 14, 2012 — Cognitive stimulation therapies have beneficial effects on memory and thinking in people with dementia, according to a systematic review. Despite concerns that cognitive improvements may not be ... > full story -
New RNA-Based Therapeutic Strategies for Controlling Gene Expression
February 2, 2012 — Small RNA-based nucleic acid drugs represent a promising new class of therapeutic agents for silencing abnormal or overactive disease-causing genes, and researchers have discovered new mechanisms by ... > full story -
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Research Ethics: Coercive Citation in Academic Publishing
February 2, 2012 — Scientists have examined the unethical practices of some journal publications, articulating results from their research to show that some editors coerce authors into adding unnecessary citations to ... > full story -
In Times of Scandal, Corporations Are Likely to Use Others' Misconduct to Justify Their Behavior
February 1, 2012 — Among corporations involved in the 2006 stock-option backdating scandal, those implicated earlier were more likely to dismiss their top executives than those that surfaced later on, according to new ... > full story -
More on Legal Remedies for Ghostwriting
January 24, 2012 — In an essay that expands on a previous proposal to use the courts to prosecute those involved in ghostwriting on the basis of it being legal fraud, Xavier Bosch from the University of Barcelona, ... > full story -
The Price of Your Soul: How the Brain Decides Whether to 'Sell Out'
January 22, 2012 — A neuro-imaging study shows that personal values people refuse to disavow, even when offered cash, are processed differently in the brain than those values that are willingly sold. The experiment ... > full story -
Many NIH-Funded Clinical Trials Go Unpublished Over Two Years After Completion, U.S. Study Shows
January 3, 2012 — In a study that investigates the challenges of disseminating clinical research findings in peer-reviewed biomedical journals, researchers have found that fewer than half of a sample of trials ... > full story -
New Forms of Torture Leave 'Invisible Scars,' Say Researchers
January 3, 2012 — Use of torture around the world has not diminished but the techniques used have grown more complex and sophisticated, according to new ... > full story
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