Academies’ Call to Action: Air Pollution Threatens Global Health by Marcia McNutt, Victor Dzau

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Finding clues in the p53 maze: an interview with Karen Vousden by Karen Vousden

“…She has been honoured with many prizes and elected memberships throughout her career, and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2010 and Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in May 2018. Karen is an approachable and diligent scientist, a respected mentor and an inspirational role model. …”
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On gene editing and its uses: the views of the public by Gaskell, G, Bard, I, Allansdottir, A, da Cunha, R, Eduard, P, Hampel, J, Hildt, E, Hofmaier, C, Kronberger, N, Laursen, S, Meijknecht, A, Nordal, S, Quintanilha, A, Revuelta, G, Saladié, N, Sándor, J, Santos, J, Seyringer, S, Singh, I, Somsen, H, Toonders, W, Torgersen, H, Torre, V, Varju, M, Zwart, H

“…In a report on human genome editing the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) note that “important questions raised with respect to genome editing include how to incorporate societal values into salient clinical and policy consideration”3. …”

Model Uncertainty via the Integration of Hormesis and LNT as the Default in Cancer Risk Assessment by Edward J. Calabrese

“…The present commentary supports this recommendation based on the (1) flawed and deceptive history of the adoption of LNT by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 1956; (2) the documented capacity of hormesis to make more accurate predictions of biological responses for diverse biological end points in the low-dose zone; (3) the occurrence of extensive hormetic data from the peer-reviewed biomedical literature that revealed hormetic responses are highly generalizable, being independent of biological model, end point measured, inducing agent, level of biological organization, and mechanism; and (4) the integration of hormesis and LNT models via a model uncertainty methodology that optimizes public health responses at 10 −4 . …”
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Rhetorical temporality in online scientific communication by Olga Menagarishvili, Bret Zawilski

“…In this article, we attempt to explore how rhetorical temporality functions across two Academies of Sciences’ websites associated with different nations: the US National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. …”
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Professor Bauer Has It Backwards by Peter Bancel

“…To make his case, Exhibit A is the booklet Climate Change: Evidence and Causes published by the London Royal Society in collaboration with the US National Academy of Sciences which he dissects for us in his essay. …”
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On the Criteria for Evaluating an Expert's Opinion and Forensic Methods by Participants in the Legal Proceedings by P. Giverts, A. Griber, A. V. Kokin

“…The article also discusses other foreign projects aimed at minimizing erroneous conclusions and reforming the system of forensic examination: the Innocence project, reports prepared by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS report) and the US Presidential Council for Science and Technology (PCAST report). …”
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International working group on determination of age and growth rate in tropical trees: address list and subject categories by Burley, J

“…<p>In 1980 a workshop sponsored by the US National Academy of Sciences was held at Harvard Forest, Petersham, Massachusetts, USA, on 'Determination of age and growth rate in tropical trees: new directions for research'. …”

Lost in the woods: Finding our way back to the scientific method in systematic review by Heather N. Lynch, Kenneth A. Mundt, Dirk Pallapies, Paolo F. Ricci

“…We also provide an in-depth evaluation and comparison of two “competing” US EPA systematic review frameworks, informed by the constructively critical recommendations from the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. We conclude with suggestions for moving forward to harmonize systematic review methods, as we believe that further criticism of individual available frameworks likely will be unproductive. …”
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Modeling drug- and chemical- induced hepatotoxicity with systems biology approaches by Sudin eBhattacharya, Lisl K.M. Shoda, Qiang eZhang, Courtney eWoods, Brett A. Howell, Scott Q. Siler, Jeffrey L. Woodhead, Yuching eYang, Patrick eMcMullen, Paul B. Watkins, Melvin E. Andersen

“…The concept of ‘toxicity pathways’ is described in the context of the 2007 US National Academies of Science report, Toxicity testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and A Strategy. …”
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Gene drives in our future: challenges of and opportunities for using a self-sustaining technology in pest and vector management by James P. Collins

“…Gaps in our knowledge of gene drive systems prompted the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the NIH to ask the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to convene an expert panel to provide an independent, objective examination of what we know about gene drive systems. …”
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