On 9 December 2022 we reported that the president of Stanford University, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a prize-winning neuroscientist, and former biotech leader (seen […]
Posts Tagged ‘Ethics’
EU Adopts AI Law
As we have seen over the past few years, artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms have assumed an ever-increasing role in the […]
Stanford’s Leader Under Scrutiny
An important tenet of the scientific enterprise is that research published in the peer-reviewed literature is based on integrity and […]
Ghostwriting and Academic Fraud
If you visit this website (click here), you will read: “We sell our prepared manuscripts for publication in the journals […]
When Peer Review Gets Nasty
Today’s issue of Science highlights an astonishing story about a Dutch scientist – Elisabeth Bik (seen right, © AAAS) – who is […]
The Vanishing Radiologist?
Two years ago, we published a blog entitled “Radiologists are Toast,” a quote by Vinod Khosla, a Silicon Valley investor who had […]
DBT + AI = Progress
Despite a recent report calling into question the benefits of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) – sometimes called 3D mammography – as a […]
Does 3D Mammography Save More Lives?
A week ago, USA Today published an article written by Liz Szabo (seen right) with the provocative headline, “Massive marketing muscle pushes […]
Access to Health Care
In the United States, women diagnosed with breast cancer can select different types of surgery to remove the tumour. While […]
The Emergence of CRISPR
One of the most remarkable scientific breakthroughs since the mapping of the human genome has been CRISPR, an acronym that […]